Just got attacked - Update!

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Some of you may remember my thread from a while back where I told you all that I got attacked, and I told you I'd give an update when something happened.

Well, tomorrow I'm going to court to testify against the guy that had the knife. A policeman came over today to talk to me about it, and apparently the maximum sentence for what he did is life in prison.

Obviously he isn't going to get that, but it is likely he will be in prison for 6 months apparently.

Going to court tomorrow at 9:00 with what the policeman called a solid case.

A second person was arrested, but they didn't have enough evidence to prosecute and he has been released. He said he saw 2 white guys attack me, but didn't give names or anything. It was obviously him, and the policeman even said he'd be willing to bet 1 months overtime that he was guilty. He got off on a technicality...

I'm going to get an early night, I'll post the results of the case either tomorrow or the day after. Court is booked for 2 days, but it might be over by 1PM tomorrow. :)
 
Maximum sentence - Life

Expected sentence - 6 months

The legal system in this country really is a joke :(

Hope all goes well for you though, take this to throw at them in case the judge isn't harsh enough ;)

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Have not read you previous thread.... so dont fully knwo what happened BUT if he wanted to stab you now.... when he gets out in what 3months because of good behaviour or some thing he will be really ****** and might want a pop again..... (This has happened to a friend and his house was petrol bombed shortly after and followed by loads of other stuff). Just be prepared.... ppl like this dont forget.... which is why they should get LIFE not a slap on the wrist
 
Unfortunately the 'justice' system in this country sucks.

In america a guy punched a police officer a couple of times in the head and got 60 years.

I think an attempt on someones life should be minimum 20 years - life.

Good luck!
 
Good luck and hopefully they'll get what they deserve.

I do think a lot of people don't fully consider the effect even a 6 month sentence could have on someone's life, though, let alone a 10 or 20 year sentence.

Here's a hypothetical situation for you to consider. Imagine you've just come out of prison after a 6 month term, having spent every day of those 6 months locked up in a cell. Now think of everything that's happened in your life in the last 6 months: all of that's been erased - 6 months of your life have passed you by with nothing you can show for them.

Now consider what a 10 or 20 year sentence would be like.

int said:
Unfortunately the 'justice' system in this country sucks.

In america a guy punched a police officer a couple of times in the head and got 60 years.
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That's not justice.
 
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Good luck with the court case tommorow.

cyanide the reason the sentence varies from say 6 months to life is simple.
The same crime can have multiple different factors involved that can/do influence how serious it is, and the courts take that into account.
Oddly enough that is generally considered a good thing, otherwise you end up with either the prisons full of people who are inside for 20 years for urinating in public (down a side alley by a nightclub), or you end up with persistent flashers who like to do it in front of the local primary school getting a small fine (both could be prosecuted as public indecency or similar and thus the sentencing needs to be flexible).

The American system in many cases if pretty much screwed up much worse than ours, in the interests of "speeding up" "justice" they have dumbed it down, and often removed any ability for a judge to consider what actually happened around a case, instead.

Our system is by no means perfect, but it's a damn sight more justice orientated than the US, and involves a lot more common sense.
Our wonderful government wanted to adopt a cookie cutter sentencing system that is popular in parts of the US, pretty much every magistrate and most judges opposed it as it wouldn't allow for any common sense, and would often end up with either people getting off easier than now, much harder for simple crimes, and a much more complicated system (the idea is you have effectively a spreadsheet with crime + general factors = mandatory sentence, which is great until you realise it'll need hundreds of factors taken into account to even come close to the sort of factors that the judges already take into account).
 
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