Perhaps you should write a letter to the editor entitled "Speeders may escape life imprisonment." It's just as true.
Yup. Same conclusion here.
Are we are in danger of becoming a country governed by the media?
To the extent that the Pope is in danger of being Catholic, yes, we are.
Bystander wrote: "In the media village there is an assumption that any crime not met with a prison sentence is a let-off"
The assumption exists far outside the media village.
Part of the problem, I think, is that there's not much communication of what happens on community sentences.
There are appointments with probation officers- fine, but what's supposed to happens during these appointments? What actually happens? And what happens if reality doesn't match requirements?
The same questions could be asked of unpaid work, courses etc.
I seem to recall magistrates asking such questions of the probation service and not getting useful answers. That obviously doesn't build confidence.
For a long time we have lived with the fact that anything short of imprisonment is a "let off".
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