Seen this on a few answers here. If a foreigner is sentenced on the same day as me in court why would people think he shouldn't have to go to prison and I would? That wouldn't be fair to people from here who get sentenced.
2007-12-29 08:53:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's people saying about the cost of keeping them here. I'm looking at sentencing in January but I don't get people who would say if I was foreign I should get sent back to whatever country I'm from and get away from it but I will have to serve whatever I get
2007-12-29 09:06:35 · update #1
I think they should be sentenced but deported to serve their sentence in their own country. Why should the tax payers in this country support them in our prison?
2007-12-29 08:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by L D 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Here's an analogy:
Suppose someone came to stay in your house. They then abused your hospitality and broke your "house rules" and tried to impose their "culture" on you.
I would expect that you would be very quick in expelling that person. You wouldn't be too worried about the weather outside when you booted them through the door either.
If one of your family transgressed you would probably settle for a local punishment.
A country is the same thing only on a bigger scale. That's why they should be thrown out on the first plane to the country from they entered the UK (whatever the regime may be) - not the wimpy "considered for deportation".
Before any of the PC Brigade get at me - consider that if an individual does not want to get sent back to some "brutal regime" then they SHOULD NOT abuse our hospitality and commit crimes here. THEY HAVE A CHOICE and they have chosen to be criminals so they must accept the consequences.
We do not want or need or are able to cope with foreign criminals. We have too many of our own.
AND - why should I worry about "being fair" to locals who are sentenced. The same principle applies. The criminal always has a choice to commit the crime or not. The victim does not have a choice. If he's caught then tough! Stop whining and "do the time".
2007-12-29 09:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He/she is a guest in my country, if they then CHOOSE to commit a crime that includes a custodial sentence, why should I, as a taxpayer, fund his/her "freebie" prison sentence? Then upon their release let them back into my society? Using your scenario the foreigner is not escaping prison, he/she is being denied more than you are, which is all the benefits this country could have offered them. Instead they are deported back to their country of origin. If I had my way they would be "branded" to prevent them ever leaving their country again. Criminal activity is a life choice, one I am not ignorant of. Were my children legitimately and honestly starving then I too would steal. Hopefully no court in the land would convict me. Nothing else on this planet would induce me to be dishonest, and steal from my fellow man. That my friend is why you are a criminal and I am not. Stop bleating about the rights or preferential treatment of others, were you a "fair" human being you would not be a criminal. I have enough to subsidise keeping you behind bars, why pay for foreigners? I wish you well, contact N.A.C.R.O. get your own house in order, have respect for your fellow man, no matter your crime you have "robbed" someone.
2007-12-29 10:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by Willow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's the case where an illegal immigrant will be required to serve his/her prison time and then they will be deported to his/her country of origin upon completion of the sentence.
I suppose there are cases where an illegal immigrant will agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and in exchange for not being sentenced to serve any prison time he/she will agree not to contest or appeal a deportation order. It's a plea agreement that a prosecutor feels has more merit than a prison sentence, and it can be utilized only in cases where a person is capable of being lawfully deported, unlike an American citizen.
2007-12-29 09:12:20 · answer #4 · answered by TK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we just want them out of our country!! Whilst they are in our prisons they are costing the tax payer (me) money. But in all fairness they should do their time, just deport them and then make them serve their time in their own jails so we don't foot the bill (and the conditions are a lot worse!). That should put them off commiting the crime over here in the first place!
2007-12-29 09:03:07 · answer #5 · answered by clairey_dee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why should we pay thru our taxes-they should be deported back to their own country to serve their sentence out-i also believe that when people come here to live if they commit a prisonable offence they should be made to leave anyway
2007-12-29 09:11:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It costs approximately £37,000 of taxpayers hard earned money to keep a prisoner in jail. Why should we pay for a foreign criminals upkeep? I don't want foreign criminals here, we've too many of our own. That's why they should be deported, they have no right to stay if they commit crimes here.
2007-12-29 09:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 13:27:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should we (the tax payers) pay for their up keep, if they are not british citizens and they commit an offence worthy of a custodial sentence its only right they are deported.
2007-12-29 08:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its after their prison sentence, although for minor crimes a straight deportation would save the country thousands.
2007-12-29 08:59:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋