[Fwd: Death driver jail term criticised]

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:26:13 +0100, Matt B
wrote:

_ wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:20:52 +0100, Rob Morley wrote:
In article , Nick
says...

The good thing about prolonged driving bans are that they help prevent
recidivism and that they don't cost the tax payer.

Except that banned drivers often continue to drive, repeatedly catching
them and putting them through the courts costs money, supervising their
community service costs money ...

For such cases, immediate destruction of the car would be effective.

LOL. Would you advocate using a similar measure against shoplifters -
immediate destruction of the shop that were caught breaking the law in?

Immediate destruction of shops that had really lousy customer service
and extortionate prices would be a good start!

LOL

In article , _
says...
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:20:52 +0100, Rob Morley wrote:

For such cases, immediate destruction of the car would be effective.

That would just stop them driving one car, there's nothing to stop them
getting another old banger for £30 (or whatever scrap value is these
days).

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as raisethe
gently breathed:
On 30 Jun, 20:42, Pyromancer wrote:

And while personally I'm all in favour of execution,
amputation, and other extreme penalties for various offences,

Would you burn their bones Pyromancer?

That's an odd question - what would bone-burning achieve?

The object of the death penalty is to permanently prevent re-offending,
and provide the ultimate punishment.

If someone commits one murder or one rape, there's a chance they can be
rehabilitated. But if they're a serial rapist who's been caught and
locked up once and then come out and re-offended, esp if they've done it
say 3 times - then it's clear there's nothing more we can do, so we
either lock them up forever or execute them. It can even be argued that
execution is more humane than 60+ years in jail.

The one thing the DP isn't is a deterrent, as most criminals believe
they'll never be caught.

Back on topic, in terms of dealing with driving offences, what Simon's
suggested is just about perfect. And given that the suspended sentencee
has already been caught, they're more likely to actually be deterred by
the risk of prison.

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