There is something seriously wrong with judicial oversight in OZTRAILYA.
A thug recently went out of his way to punch a young kid with all of his might, for no reason whatsoever. No reason, no provocation. The young victim fell to the pavement and died: he was murdered, senselessly. The victim hadn't even spoken to his attacker.
The murderer had punched at least two other people earlier in the day, before he engaged in this cowardly act.
To the distress of the young victim's parents, the thug was only jailed for four years, a disgustingly woeful sentence for the loss of a young life (from memory, the dead boy was only 17).
The parents had to suffer the distress of the verdict as they mourned for their son.
In my opinion, the judge clearly wasn't motivated by justice for the victim's family when he took to the task of sentencing. He might have been more interested in some trendy new interpretation of the laws regarding manslaughter...who knows? I cannot even put myself in the shoes of a judge; they seem so far removed from the reality of life for ordinary people.
Let's play devil's advocate: even if the prosecution didn't have the brain power to make the charge of Murder stick, Manslaughter was an open and shut case.
The sentencing judge could have applied a sentence of ten years for Manslaughter without batting an eyelid - or worrying about its extent being revoked upon appeal, given the facts of the case. Instead, he opted for a mild punishment. Perhaps he had his reasons - but it is difficult to see what they possibly could be, given the cowardly, pointless nature of the attack and its deadly outcome.
If judges in Australia continue to get it so WRONG, so manifestly wrong, one will not be surprised if relatives start waiting outside of courts with powerful weapons to deliver their own forms of justice to killers who are given token sentences by lame-brained courts. By the laws of God and Man, it would be difficult not to side with aggrieved relatives who take things into their own hands when the State fails them and slurs the memory of their children.
A thin, mild-natured boy goes for a walk and a cowardly adult thug kills him without provocation.
The killer gets a paltry four years.
I have seen greater punishments given to people who mistreat horses! This is how bad things have become.
Community standards are about what is decent. There is nothing decent about placing such a low, low value on an innocent young man's life.
A thug recently went out of his way to punch a young kid with all of his might, for no reason whatsoever. No reason, no provocation. The young victim fell to the pavement and died: he was murdered, senselessly. The victim hadn't even spoken to his attacker.
The murderer had punched at least two other people earlier in the day, before he engaged in this cowardly act.
To the distress of the young victim's parents, the thug was only jailed for four years, a disgustingly woeful sentence for the loss of a young life (from memory, the dead boy was only 17).
The parents had to suffer the distress of the verdict as they mourned for their son.
In my opinion, the judge clearly wasn't motivated by justice for the victim's family when he took to the task of sentencing. He might have been more interested in some trendy new interpretation of the laws regarding manslaughter...who knows? I cannot even put myself in the shoes of a judge; they seem so far removed from the reality of life for ordinary people.
Let's play devil's advocate: even if the prosecution didn't have the brain power to make the charge of Murder stick, Manslaughter was an open and shut case.
The sentencing judge could have applied a sentence of ten years for Manslaughter without batting an eyelid - or worrying about its extent being revoked upon appeal, given the facts of the case. Instead, he opted for a mild punishment. Perhaps he had his reasons - but it is difficult to see what they possibly could be, given the cowardly, pointless nature of the attack and its deadly outcome.
If judges in Australia continue to get it so WRONG, so manifestly wrong, one will not be surprised if relatives start waiting outside of courts with powerful weapons to deliver their own forms of justice to killers who are given token sentences by lame-brained courts. By the laws of God and Man, it would be difficult not to side with aggrieved relatives who take things into their own hands when the State fails them and slurs the memory of their children.
A thin, mild-natured boy goes for a walk and a cowardly adult thug kills him without provocation.
The killer gets a paltry four years.
I have seen greater punishments given to people who mistreat horses! This is how bad things have become.
Community standards are about what is decent. There is nothing decent about placing such a low, low value on an innocent young man's life.
