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Petty crime: How much is too much?

  • 15-07-2019 1:36pm
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    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/serial-thief-handed-one-last-chance-as-she-walks-free-after-648th-conviction-38312544.html

    A 44 year old woman has almost 650 previous convictions and is now on her 'last chance'.

    Aside from the absurdity of the 'last chance', that actually beggars belief. She has been an adult for 26 years, or almost 9,500 days. This is an average of one conviction per 27 days, every 27 days, for over a quarter of a century.

    I'm all against imprisonment for non-violent crime, but how in the name of Christ are you s'posed to fix something that is that broken? I mean, at this stage, it would be nearly cheaper to just pay for the stuff she's stealing.


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  • #2
    Tell me how
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    Thread already on the go

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057996721&page=2


  • #3
    Odhinn
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/serial-thief-handed-one-last-chance-as-she-walks-free-after-648th-conviction-38312544.html

    A 44 year old woman has almost 650 previous convictions and is now on her 'last chance'.

    Aside from the absurdity of the 'last chance', that actually beggars belief. She has been an adult for 26 years, or almost 9,500 days. This is an average of one conviction per 27 days, every 27 days, for over a quarter of a century.

    I'm all against imprisonment for non-violent crime, but how in the name of Christ are you s'posed to fix something that is that broken? I mean, at this stage, it would be nearly cheaper to just pay for the stuff she's stealing.




    Shes served 27 years according to the paper. Evidently she needs more than repeated incarceration to get her out of the cycle. A secure hospital might prove far more effective than simple imprisonment.


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    ah crap, checked here and never thought of checking AH.

    Mods, please delete


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    Odhinn wrote: »
    Shes served 27 years according to the paper. Evidently she needs more than repeated incarceration to get her out of the cycle. A secure hospital might prove far more effective than simple imprisonment.

    If we do some maths based on that it becomes really ridiculous.

    She's 44, and the age of criminal responsibility in Ireland is 12, so there's 32 years for her to build up the 650 convictions.

    But if she spent 27 years in jail in that time, then she was only outside of prison for 5 years since the age of 12. 5 years to build up that many convictions.

    That's 130 convictions a year, or 10.83 a month for those 5 years.

    That's obviously not taking into account any charges she may have accrued while inside prison.


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