“Do you have any plans at all to address that?”: Ben Scallan presses Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan on his plans to deal with the trend of people walking free after being convicted of possessing child abuse images.
“The Oireachtas sets the maximum penalty for an offence.”
Not taken seriously?
Women must be safe
Mandatory life sentence for children ruled unconstitutional
“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”.
John Waters is facing an eye-watering legal bill after his case with Kitty Holland
Inconsistent?
Abuse of children
She’s 16: “I don’t give a fuck
We shouldn’t be rewarding criminals for hoodwinking us.
Political choices, in the case of the Donegal case, that left a man free who should not have been at liberty in this country, or any other.