An eye for an eye...

[billybones]

An eye for an eye...

It seems the whole world has gone crazy and it seems Perth is becoming more violent then what I remember from my younger days...
Now I understand that 2 wrongs don`t make a right but what punishment should fit what crime??

It`s ok for some to say that the death penalty should be reintroduced but what if as shown in some cases the assailant was later proved innocent?

Does it seem wrong that you can get a longer sentence if you were to steal from your employer then if you carried out a violent home invasion?

Is it fair that you can claim that your responsibility for committing a crime was less because you had been drinking or a bad childhood?

Should you be able to use the excuse that you shouldn`t go to jail be because you have family to look after?

 

[WRXXXR]

Being drunk isn't an excuse. Lots of us have been smashed many, many times since the ages of 16/18 and some of us haven't caused any problems.

Coming from a bad family is rubbish. Ultimately we all know wrong and right. Lots of great people came from bad homes

I believe if someone is 110% guilty of a serious crime (murder and child molestation) then they should be put to death. If there is any chance it wasnt them, then no. Some sick people can't be rehabilitated. Why should i pay taxes to look after people in jail? Don't waste time, do it straight away

 

[Farm Boy]

You can be jailed for this sort of thing .

DISGRACED former MP Terry Martin, convicted of sex acts with a 12-year-old girl, was yesterday attacked by female relatives of the child as he walked free from court after being convicted of possessing child pornography.

The former long-standing Tasmanian upper house MP and mayor was attacked outside the Supreme Court in Hobart by two women, understood to be the aunt and grandmother of his victim.

Clearly distressed, the girl's aunt struck Martin with her bag as he walked from the court grounds into a laneway. She then appeared to strike his groin, as court officers rushed to defend the former Labor and independent MP.

The grandmother, who is frail and elderly, had moments earlier appeared to strike Martin with her walking stick. "I'll never, ever forgive you. The devil take you for what you've done," she yelled.

The family members, as well as anti-abuse campaigners, are outraged that Martin, 54, has twice walked free from the Supreme Court after being found guilty of serious offences.






Last November, Martin was given a 10-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse with the 12-year-old in 2009, and of taking photographs of her naked.

Yesterday, separate proceedings concluded with Martin receiving a one-month suspended sentence for possessing hundreds of images of child porn featuring children as young as eight.

 

[WRXXXR]

10months suspended sentence for unlawful sex with a 12yo is disgusting. Not to mention the kiddie porn.

He's a perfect example of someone (a convicted pedo) who needs to be dealt with via firing squad.