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Originally Posted by jambutty
Many people, including me, consider that the criminal justice system is an ass and favours the criminal above the victim. But how many of you have tried to do anything about it. Have you made your views known to your MP repeatedly? Or is it a case of whingeing to your family and friends and then going to the pub for a drink and forgetting all about it?
How many of the thread contributors didn’t vote at the last general election?
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I freely admit that I'm one of those people who whinges about the scandal of the criminal justice system in this country and then goes down the pub. But what CAN we do about it? All three major parties support the softly, softly approach to criminals, so we have no one to represent our opinions. You may have noticed that all those who are party members have studiously avoided this thread, just as they do all threads on this subject. This is because either they agree that we should get tough with criminals but daren't state their views for fear of invoking the wrath of their party bosses. Or they actually agree with their party's soft line on criminals but don't want to say so. Either way, we have no chance of getting a sensible criminal justice system in this country.
Anyway, I'm off down the pub...