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Oh dear: ........ or yet another WTF !

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    Oh dear: ........ or yet another WTF !

    http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....jail_time.html

    #2
    Does he work for Partway IT?

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      #3
      Tough on crime etc..............
      Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

      I preferred version 1!

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        #4
        Angela dear, it is good etiquette to give us a clue about the point of your post other than just a link.

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          #5
          Just a guess

          I think it was the jail sentence of 233 days for performing an impromptu lobotomy with a screwdriver on some poor sod. Admittedly he had done it before otherwise he would probably have got a caution or 'strong words of advice'
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #6
            Fair enough stackpole. You're right.


            How 18 years for attempted murder and another very serious assault can become < 6 years.




            Anger over stab racist's jail time

            A RACIST thug jailed for life for stabbing a man in the head with a screwdriver could be freed in less than six years.

            Lee Platt, 25, carried out the horrific attack while on bail for another vicious assault and both his victims were left disabled.

            But a judge told him that under controversial sentencing guidelines, he will be entitled to apply for parole in just five years and 233 days.

            His latest victim condemned the guidelines as "a load of rubbish" and said he had not had justice - Platt had ruined his life and had even left him unable to smile.

            Guilty plea

            Judge David Maddison, the Recorder of Manchester, said that under the Criminal Justice Act of 2003, he was required by law to reduce Platt's 18-year "tariff" by a third because he entered an early guilty plea - cutting it to 12 years.

            And a tariff of 12 years or under has to be automatically halved, making six years minus the 132 days Platt had already served on remand.

            ........... then it goes on further .......

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              #7
              Once again. Blairs tinkering. He and his administration are obsessed with change. They have to tinker with everything.

              We then end up suffering due to the unintended consequences of ill considered legislation.
              Offering shorter terms to those who plead guilty was meant to reduce court time and costs. Because they made it compulsory we see offenders who were bang to rights anyway getting off with pityfully short terms.
              These incentives should be discretionary (though I suspect some judges would give them anyway) and dependant on when the offender started co-operating and the level of remorse shown.
              I am not qualified to give the above advice!

              The original point and click interface by
              Smith and Wesson.

              Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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                #8
                Originally posted by The Lone Gunman
                Once again. Blairs tinkering. He and his administration are obsessed with change. They have to tinker with everything.

                We then end up suffering due to the unintended consequences of ill considered legislation.
                Offering shorter terms to those who plead guilty was meant to reduce court time and costs. Because they made it compulsory we see offenders who were bang to rights anyway getting off with pityfully short terms.
                These incentives should be discretionary (though I suspect some judges would give them anyway) and dependant on when the offender started co-operating and the level of remorse shown.

                I agree 100%. Short sighted legislation with no option for discretion.

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                  #9
                  The reduced sentance should be a discretionary thing. If the person is 100% bang to rights then give him/her no reduction, or a minimal one to reduce the court times. If there is a strong element of doubt then the 'offer' could be changed. To simply half everything is stupid and simply gives feckers like this a shorter time in jail.

                  As LG stated, you can see Blairs grubby paws all over this one. I'm only suprised he didn't have some quirk written in so that his stumper of a wife could exploit it for her (their) financial gain.
                  Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

                  I preferred version 1!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by The Lone Gunman
                    Once again. Blairs tinkering. He and his administration are obsessed with change. They have to tinker with everything.
                    Absolutely TLG.

                    The Blair administration equates change with progress.

                    As long as you keep changing things, nobody will notice that things are going from bad to worse. It's like the old shell game. Keep switching and hope nobody can keep an eye on the pea.

                    You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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