I Wonder At Our Judiciary Sometimes.

[cassa333]

There should be a review of driving laws or the use of the ones. The sentence is a joke.

https://www.unilad.co.uk/crime/schoolgirl-hit-and-run-victims-parents-want-everyone-to-see-these-images/

[murraymints]

disgrace!

[youngmafbog]

It seems these days that to get a good stretch you have to commit some sort of financail crime.

Any crime against the person seems to just be treated as part and parcel of everyday life.

I suspect alot of the reason is becasue the Judiciary have been infitrated by right-on left wing liberals.

[albaqwerty]

disgusting human being, hope he's lost his job at the very least.
Deserves jail time.

[youngmafbog]

//hope he's lost his job at the very least//

I know where you are coming from but if that happens it means us, the tax payer, will be funding him via benefits which is even more of a kick in the teeth for the victim.

[ToraToraTora]

I do despair, this guy caused no damage to anyone and yet gets 8 months jail:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Question1571900.html
I think this girl is far more serious but the lowlife gets let off, madness

[albaqwerty]

knee-jerk reaction from me YMG, didn't think that through obviously

[New Judge]

Your despair should not be levelled at the judiciary, casa, it should be levelled at the CPS. Mr Griffiths admitted careless driving for which he was fined £500 and banned for a year. The guideline sentence for the most serious category of careless driving is a fine of a week’s net income (reduced by a third for a guilty plea) and between 7 and 9 penalty points. Mr Griffiths was disqualified for a year so reflecting the seriousness of his offence. Careless driving is not imprisonable and carries only a fine.

This matter was heard at the Crown Court. Careless driving is a “summary” offence which means it can usually only be heard in the Magistrates’ Court. To be at the Crown Court Mr Griffiths must have originally been charged with a more serious offence, probably dangerous driving (max 2 years custody) or possibly even causing serious injury by dangerous driving (5 years). It would be for the CPS to accept his guilty plea to the lesser offence and only they would know why they decided to do so. The “judiciary” (a judge or magistrates) cannot raise charges of their own volition but can only sentence (in accordance with the guidelines) the offence(s) put before them. The CPS prosecute criminal matters and they decide the charges.

[cassa333]

OK thank NJ.

Still stinks though. One wonders why they didn't go for the highest possible charge. Easier to get a guilty plea out the way perhaps?

[New Judge]

The trouble is we only know what the paper tells us. The CPS has all the facts and also a good handle on the chances of a successful prosecution.

[Peter Pedant]

the lady in charge is Alison Saunders, cassa
and you can write to her and tell her she is crap at her job
(and include a few insulting references to historic sed offences and Lords Brittan and Bramhall)

and one of her many bag-carriers will write and tell you the system is meant to work like that

[Peter Pedant]

cassa you will always get officaldom to respond to criticism with

rule 1 - the official always knows best
rule 2 even when he doesnt

[ ' and so you see the man at the ministry really does know best' Douglas Jay President of the Board of Trade 1948 - dad of Sir Anthony Jay and his wife Lady Jay - who was the d of Prime Minisiter Callaghan - just in case you think the civil service has no family connections]