Another case of inadequate 'Justice'. 9 years for murder

More offences that can get you a ten year prison sentence

A person shall not employ a non-national in the State except in accordance with an employment permit.

Waste Management Act, 1996

Buying stolen goods - things don't fall off lorries / dodgy guys in pubs / buy and sell if the price is too good to be true

The state has a duty to protect us from harm. By far the best way of doing this is to rehabilitate violent offenders (this includes residential burglaries).

If the state can't rehabilitate then the state could protect us from harm by increased policing / higher penalties to instil fear of sentencing (these aren't so effective) / or by keeping the person off the streets for longer.

By the way I'm not talking about three strikes rules or similar , I'm referring to persons with dozens of convictions ( and given our low rate of solving crimes ... ) Clearly in these cases the state has failed in it's duty of protecting the general public and it's duty to reform the person themselves.

We have to focus on things are proven to deter future crime.

Sad to say - not all those who re-offend are caught so the real figure of those who re-offend may be higher

Also it's well know that in a recession more people turn to crime (for obvious reasons) so the problem of how to rehabilite people or screen for those who are not ready to be released into society again are more important.



In the UK for the first time they recently released more detailed figures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11692852

Newly published figures show that 74% of offenders were convicted within nine years of starting a community order or being released from prison.

The statistics, for England and Wales, also reveal for the first time rates of reoffending for individual prisons.

Justice Minister Crispin Blunt said the root causes of crime must be targeted.

The figures also show that 14 prisons have one-year reoffending rates of more than 70%.
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Mr Blunt said: "Today's statistics show we need a more intelligent approach to sentencing that targets the root causes of crime and reoffending, so making our communities safer and better places to live.

"Reoffending rates among short-sentence prisoners remain unacceptably high. We will address this failure in the system by making prisons into places of hard work which prepare offenders more effectively for the outside world.

"Prison remains the right place for the most serious, dangerous and persistent offenders. We must stop the revolving door of crime and reoffending.

"We will do this by targeting interventions that work for victims, offenders and the community."