It is truly hard to believe what
unthinking nonsense has emanated from Grayling`s fiefdom in the last four years
and true to form with only three months to go the press office of the Ministry
of Justice has been working overtime expounding the latest thoughts of chairman
Chris. Amongst those wonderful new
initiatives from the great leader is the Social Action, Responsibility andHeroism (SARAH) Act. It seems that the
reason for this completely unnecessary piece of legislation is the political
correctness, a scourge of our generation, which has banished the concept of
common sense. Everything now has to be
pre or perhaps proscribed. Not content with that the Criminal Justice and Courts Act will inter
alia prevent long serving prisoners
being offered early release until the Parole Board is satisfied that they no
longer pose a threat to society. This is
all very well if the conditions for possible parole were met in a timely
fashion. Unfortunately in the real world it ain`t necessarily so. New increased sentences for on line trolls
are a total waste of time. Contrary to newspaper headlines there are
relatively few such convictions under current laws. It is questionable that the situation
requires new legislation. The arguments
and comments here are worth a glance.
Jury misconduct is also being categorised including researching details of a case (including
online research). I have never sat as a
juror. There is no research on what
happens within the confines of the jury room.
But bringing together twelve strangers each with his/her own knowledge
base is it now to be a crime for one of
the cohort to impart his/her own knowledge based on some experience to the
others when it is directly relevant to the evidence presented?
Not content with a so called “victim”
surcharge on all offenders we have now reached the point where financial
penalties are likely to be increased for offenders “to pay for the
courts”. What perverted thinking has
infected what passes for the brain of this Lord Chancellor and those zombies
who must obey his every whim? Along with
the defence of the realm justice must be disposed by the crown and accordingly
whether it`s Alfred the Great`s justice or Queen Elizabeth 2nd`s it behoves the state to finance this mainstay
and pillar of our country and not outsource it. It has been
asked previously but now the rhetorical question “what price justice” can be
answered: look deep into the accounts in the bowels of Petty France.
The most calamitous post war Lord
Chancellor is determined that the good ship Justice will go down with all hands
including his red ones.
Hear hear
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