You guys are both being idiots. Stay away from referencing the case of Anders Breivik because it proves nothing and it was irrelevantly brought up. Clearly neither of you actually know much about the case than the bare facts so trying to use it in an argument is retarded. A hopeful lawyer should know that. Loveridge is not a serial killer, so this case is immediately irrelevant to the discussion at hand as they are incomparable. It's also in the Norwegian jurisdiction, which is actually a civil law system, so it's persuasiveness is also limited at best. It may interest you to know that Breivik was determined to be
criminally insane, so you can put the rest together from there, knowing what insanity amounts to in most legal systems. Norway is a country largely respected for being ahead of the world in a lot of things, recidivism inclusive (
Norway, winner as usual).
This is a silly comment. The judiciary DID hand down a sentence that was entirely in line with the law. The Justice's execution of the law was flawless in this case. The fact that the sentence is too lenient is the fault of the legislation provided by the Legislature (Parliament). The Justice was in no position to give any other sentence because he otherwise would have been essentially breaking the law, and the Judicature in general is in no position to undermine the Legislature. For the Judge to have strayed from the sentences prescribed in the legislation is simply unconstitutional, and that err in law would be corrected almost immediately. The fault is in the Legislature, and also in part of the Executive for incorrectly charging Loveridge in the first place. Let's have a former DPP tell that you:
Nicholas Cowdery.
Laws can be changed, and this case will probably be one of many that spur this change for this crime. The public is generally fucking stupid. They'll only take things at face value or as delivered to them by the media (which is highly paraphrased and often out of context). Their response is something to consider since the justice system is based on the protection of the community, but that doesn't justify the misdirection of their outrage.
EDIT: I can see funkshen has returned. #bracing4impact