Just read a story in the local paper..

Von Smallhausen · 8 Feb 2006 at 18:31

Crispy Pigeon said:
The judgment seems reasonable to me. I think that having to wear such a tag would humiliate her and that's not what they're designed to do. The judge is allowed to take into account the defendant's individual circumstances when pronouncing most sentences and that's what this one did.

There should be some other kind of provision in place for her though. E.g., she could wear the tag somewhere else where it would not be visible when she went out.

So why not just give her a licence to commit crime then ?

She is a criminal and people have to pay the price for that, despite her ridiculous claims. I just wonder if her concerns are genuine or does she play the PC system with the help of a solicitor with legal aid on the brain ?

The provision should be you wear the tag or you go to prison my dear !

Le_Petit_Lapin · 8 Feb 2006 at 18:42

If I was the judge I'd laugh at ther feeble attempts to make me allow her not to wear it, then make her wear a ball and chain.

graemer · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:04

Hedge I read that article too.
As I work within a kind of justice area (youth offending) we had a discussion about it at work.
We came to the conclusion of why would you want to tag someone for pirating dvd's, some may argue it gives her more time at home to pirate stuff.
I think that the press must have misreported it as there must have been other offences to be taken into consideration.
The point still stands tho it cant be an argument not to issue a tag.

Nikias · 8 Feb 2006 at 22:19

Von Smallhausen said:
So why not just give her a licence to commit crime then ?

She is a criminal and people have to pay the price for that, despite her ridiculous claims. I just wonder if her concerns are genuine or does she play the PC system with the help of a solicitor with legal aid on the brain ?

The provision should be you wear the tag or you go to prison my dear !

I don't believe I said she should receive no punishment, just that the court has the ability to take an individual's circumstances into account when sentencing.

There are several choices for a judge with a crime of this nature, it's not like a murder charge where he has to give life.

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