I reckon there should be an independent board set up made up of a cross section of the community to review decisions to see if they reflect community values.
You have to ask yourself, how do so many repeat offenders get allowed back out/off to reoffend. There are just just too many crimes committed by these people to name - Bailey etc.
I actually don’t think it’s ignorance on our behalf at all, in fact, i reckon there could be an arrogance coming the other way from the decision makers.
Yes, there will always be violence in society and there has been, but you tell me, how much violence perpetrated is by reoffenders. What are the numbers there?
As for going harder at illegal drug manufacturers etc, that’s a government policy/legislation issue which then empowers our police dept.
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There are so many reoffenders because of the lure of drugs, a failure of the prison system to rehabilitate and a failure of society to provide proper pathways for ex-cons to have jobs and lives after prison... Nothing to do with judges.
Do you realise that "independent" board of random people would be some of the most powerful people in the country and could control how the courts and even laws work? These could easily be people with massive sexist or racist prejudices with no responsibility
Who picks these people? Just randoms off the electoral roll? So people with absolutely zero idea about how the legal system works are now the ones in charge of overseeing its operation.. brilliant.
Let's just pick 6 random people to oversee how our military operates too.