Joss Stone Plotters Win Appeal

[ChillDoubt]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27484537

Simply mind boggling.

Just what the hell is going on in the Justice system?
Doubtless they'll shortly be in an open prison and we can only guess how that will turn out after recent events........

Poor Ms Stone must be very worried.

[sunny-dave]

Jesus wept - what bloody planet are these judges on - and they can't even blame the ECHR this time - this is pure home-grown lunacy.

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/joss-stone-murder-plot-trial-hears-1772724

This is what makes the decision all the more incredulous.

[sunny-dave]

You do sort of wonder how far the key would have been thrown away, if it had been a plot to murder and decapitate a member of the Judiciary.

But that of course would have been a "direct assault on British Justice" ... and they are notoriously thin skinned about attacks on their own kind.

[NoMercy]

Absolutely shocking! No thought whatsoever given to their intended victim.

What kind of a deterrent is this?

[Arksided]

Disgusting... quite frankly lost for words. I think the above posts sums it up.

[youngmafbog]

I expect the right-on brigade are smiling from ear to ear.

Once again a poke in the eye for the British public and a victory for the criminal.

who says crime does not pay, no doubt we all paid for the appeal too!

[ToraToraTora]

hang about chill one the apologists for this sort of lowlife will be along soon to explain why this is the correct decision! Perhaps they could be sent on Safari.

[Zeuhl]

On the contrary, the 'right-on brigade' believe in justice and doing the right thing without recourse to ignorance and prejudice.

From the facts presented I can't see any justification in reducing their tariffs, but then, like others here on AB, I don't have access to all the facts.

Of course, just because they 'could' be released from prison in 2016/2017 doesn't mean they will be.

Obviously the State paid for the Appeal - it's the State's judicial system!
Which is one of the measures by which we judge any State's level of civilisation.

I expect they would have been more harshly treated (as some ABers would no doubt wish) in China, North Korea, Russia or Saudi Arabia.

Draw your own conclusions.

[rockyracoon]

I heard this on the telly this morning, it makes you wonder what kind of justice system we have in this country.

[youngmafbog]

//the 'right-on brigade' believe in justice//

Not the justice the majority want though is it?

[NoMercy]

These wicked individuals are probably rejoicing at their new, more lenient sentences. Meanwhile poor Joss Stone will spend the rest of her life looking over her shoulder, living in fear for her safety.

Justice should serve the victims and protect the innocent, not those who cannot abide by the law or pose a risk to society.

[DaisyNonna]

A system that needs overhauling

[barney15c]

This country prides itself on its Criminal justice System...justice for the criminal that is :(