2007-01-26 02:51:36 · 17 answers · asked by WildCat-on-Oxygen 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
NO he was acting within the law. HE was making a point though
2007-01-26 02:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm interested to see that you also think this judge was making a political point. As far as I can judge, he was perfectly able to give this guy a custodial sentence as the crime could be considered 'serious' and the Home Office had said nothing about not sending serious offenders to jail. Judges hate having government telling them what to do and I agree that politicians should not get involved in sentences (Michael Howard tried this once). I don't think the judge can be considered as going above the law but if there were some sort of complaint against the leniency of the sentence than his original sentence could be overturned. I hope it does because I only live 17 miles from Exeter.
2007-01-26 03:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Watson (UK) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Judges like lawyers can be brought up before the local bar and disbarred from practicing law. There are also certain laws that set sentencing guidelines, so he would be breaking the law not following them.
Lacking that, they can, and should, sentence based on the facts surrounding the defendant, and that may preclude jail time. People get probation all the time.
2007-01-26 03:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No he is not and if you ask me he just did it to get in the headlines. Paedophiles get leniency all the time you get more for stealing a candy bar. How can you rape a child and get community service, its disgraceful and disgusting if you ask me that judge needs locking up. How dare he use a case to make political statement, what about the child who that paedophile messed around with wheres the justice for him/her. Im sorry the home secretary was not in that court room and he did not pass the sentence so what ever political statement the judge thought he was making he did not in actual fact he just showed himself to be a idiot.
2007-01-26 03:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although the judge acted within the aw - I feel he was irresponsible about it. Now we have two instances where 2 people should have been in prison are out and yet others are in for offences so minor that it becomes a joke!
2007-01-26 03:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the judge was an absolute disgrace. typical of the judiciary to try and make a political statement when they are ment to be neutral. unfortunately for us most judges are extremely out of touch with the real world.
if he wanted to make a political statement he could have made it with someone who didn't pay their TV licence instead of some pervert like this. from my understanding they where ment to give a prison term to any dangerous offenders. this ### was obviously trying to be smart.
2007-01-26 08:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judges have to follow the goverment guide lines & are getting used as the bad guys.
2007-01-30 01:06:43 · answer #7 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
regardless of all instructions sent out and i heard one ex judge say if he had received one it would have gone in the waste bin i cant make how that judge's conscience allowed him to let that paedophile go free he wasn't doing his job as it should have been done and was he scared of losing his post perhaps i always thought judges were made of sterner stuff
2007-01-27 08:21:12 · answer #8 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can he be above the law, he is the law, he says what goes in his court. Obviously not a Labour supported.
2007-01-26 02:59:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should let the young offenders and prostitutes out and give them some sort of supervised community service, then there would be more room for serious offenders like the paedophile.
2007-01-26 03:41:17 · answer #10 · answered by Plato 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋