Head in the sand.
“Investigations are ongoing.”
“I shouldn’t.”
Why are journalists doing the job of defence lawyers for them, by planting seeds about a suspect having “mental health issues”?
The only proven way of reducing crime is to incarcerate criminals in large numbers
Investigations ongoing.
“a man’s life was upended”
“Investigations are ongoing.”
Those of us who opposed this bill made a good and effective argument based on rationality, logic, and an ability to persuade the public that we were correct.
Judge bemoans long trial lists post covid
“Where the offence is at the lower level of seriousness, there is no suggestion of sharing or distributing images, the accused is co-operative and it is a first offence, the option of a suspended sentence should at least be considered”.
If the courts start making decisions – as they were urged to do in this instance – based on how the climate in the country might be affected by those decisions, then they are no longer impartial judicial actors, but political actors.