Re: Prevention campaign
"Vindictive justice at its best."
Vindictive? What part of deterrent did you not understand?
Every day the local paper reports the court appearances of habitual criminals who've been given lots of chances which amount to warnings, suspended sentences etc. so they see no real penalty for themselves or for their peers who are committing the same crimes with the same results. There's no deterrence. By the time they get their first custodial sentences their criminal careers are well established.
A few real penalties, well publicised, might deter their peers and ultimately prevent more lives being ruined by being gradually sucked in.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
