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  • #32
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    Could happen to anyone.



    Doesn't matter. No section of society is more important than another or deserves preferential treatment in the courts.

    I guarantee that if something like this was introduced, the number of robberies against 'non vulnerable' would increase.

    They may not be more important but they certainly need more protection. I don't know how you can guarantee that either. A lot of the time vulnerable people are specifically targeted because of the fact they are elderly, on their own or not of full mental capacity. They are easy pickings. It's not likely that the offender would simply switch to a different target because of the fear of a higher sentence for the simple reason that the less vulnerable target is not likely to fall for the scam.


  • #33
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    MagicSean wrote: »
    It's not likely that the offender would simply switch to a different target because of the fear of a higher sentence for the simple reason that the less vulnerable target is not likely to fall for the scam.

    So what's the point of different sentencing if it's not a deterent? Are we talking purely about punishment, after the fact? Makes no sense to me.


  • #34
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    So what's the point of different sentencing if it's not a deterent? Are we talking purely about punishment, after the fact? Makes no sense to me.

    It would deter them from picking on the vulnerable but that doesn't mean it would move them on to the not so vulnerable as they would be less likely to succeed. It would deter them from that kind of crime altogether.


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