I want criminal sentences in Ireland increased and more rights for victims, How?
I am absolutely fed up of the justice system in this country, everyday crime is getting worse and worse with little or no satisfaction for innocent hardworking victims. Im fed up of the government trying to write off car crime as petty crime, i and many others dont regard our expensive assets being joyridden and burned out, as petty, i actually find it very insulting to suggest so.
Also, i want to see the act of a person kicking another person in the head as attempted murder, assuming the person was lucky enough to survive. Serious assaults are treated in a disgusting manner in Ireland. Doctors will back this up, i know many who say that people are ending up in vegtable like states after random attacks and the crime is just written off as petty assaults whereas if there had been 1 extra kick the victim would be dead and the guards would be looking for a murder. When a person is left in a coma the criminals should be looking at hefty sentences. People are afraid to go on nights out due to all this assaults.
Also, the whole charade of scumbags with multilpe convictions often well into double figures and even hitting close to 100 sometimes are still amongst society causing pain and anguish.
Another failure and joke of the so called justice system is the fact that serious (not petty) criminals are allowed to roam the streets and organise intimidation of victims and witnesses. A person awaiting trial for leaving someone in a coma should not be allowed out.
Another thing i want to see sorted out is the intimidation of victims in Ireland. It is so easy for scumbags to be allowed intimidate victims that complain about them, people are afraid to complain now due to this.
I honestly believe the justice system needs a serious overhaul in this country. I also genuinely feel that the scumbags are beginning to win, they have no fear of consequences, cause they're are none for joyriding/house burgulary, serious assault, etc... All these common crimes need way more tougher sentencing.
This is an issue that Ive had some interest in for a good while now and want to try and get things changed. What can I do, or what do the people of this country have to do to get tougher sentences for crimes committed against them, get involved in politics to try change things, organise mass protests, whats the best way to get the government to take action upon what the majority of the country wants to see. I want to feel relatively safe in my country and also want to be reassured that if a "serious" petty crime is committed against me that the offender is put away for a "serious" amount of time. Why should a hard-working honest person go to work, when scumbags who dont/wont work rob the workers house when at work, joyride his car, then burn his car and then violently assault him at the weekend when he's out for an innocent drink, and these scumbags are getting off absolutely scot free.
More jails are just going to have to be built for taking these dangers/risks to society in general, off of the streets. I dont blame the guards, they generally catch a lot of these scumbags but the court system keep handing down humiliating sentences for the victims and the jails arent big enough to accommodate them. So, i blame the government for not developing more jails and hence restricting sentences to little more than trvial revolving door set-ups.
Feel free to discuss the above and if anyone has any tips how I can get involved in improving the justice for victims and getting criminals put away for longer please tell me, as Im seriously thinking of doing something about this when I finish college.
