Interesting piece of Sentencing..

[DaveShoelace]

might be a silly question but always wondered - in prison how do people know what you're in for?

Good question, I also wondered that. Very unlikely someone goes up to his cellmate and says 'hiya, Im bob and I'm in for child porn' - I can only presume the screws whisper it to prisoners to get em beat up.

If I went down I would tell people that I single handedly killed 30 coppers with my bare hands - that would get me respect and also scare people off.

Then they would see me cry on the first night and I'd be rumbled.

[TightEnd]

Or those in for the offences where they are reviled by other prisoners are kept seperately/different wings?

[kinboshi]

Most convictions are announced publicly (I guess it's in the interest of the general public), so I'm sure both convicts and the prison officers can easily find out what people have done.  With the higher profile cases everyone already knows most probably.

Of course, everyone's innocent in prison though.

[bobAlike]

might be a silly question but always wondered - in prison how do people know what you're in for?

Good question, I also wondered that. Very unlikely someone goes up to his cellmate and says 'hiya, Im bob Gunther and I'm in for child porn' - I can only presume the screws whisper it to prisoners to get em beat up.

If I went down I would tell people that I single handedly killed 30 coppers with my bare hands - that would get me respect and also scare people off.

Then they would see me cry on the first night and I'd be rumbled.

Excuse me...
FYP

[The Camel]

The whole case reminded me of one my old hobby horses..

Why are people who are accused of crimes such as murder, rape or paedophilia named before they are found guilty?

Look at Titus Bramble, if he's innocent of rape he will not deserve the torment he will undoubtedly receive from football supporters. Yet his accuser will not get named if he's innocent or guilty.

[TightEnd]

The whole case reminded me of one my old hobby horses..

Why are people who are accused of crimes such as murder, rape or paedophilia named before they are found guilty?

Look at Titus Bramble, if he's innocent of rape he will not deserve the torment he will undoubtedly receive from football supporters. Yet his accuser will not get named if he's innocent or guilty.

this is being changed by statute is it not? in the current parliament? in the plans of the current coalition government

[The Camel]

The whole case reminded me of one my old hobby horses..

Why are people who are accused of crimes such as murder, rape or paedophilia named before they are found guilty?

Look at Titus Bramble, if he's innocent of rape he will not deserve the torment he will undoubtedly receive from football supporters. Yet his accuser will not get named if he's innocent or guilty.

this is being changed by statute is it not? in the current parliament? in the plans of the current coalition government

Is it? That's really good news for our justice system.

[TightEnd]

I believe so. I forget the legal term but dual anonymity is planned, for the reasons you imply

[The Camel]

The very next day a guy gets 2/3rds of the sentence for what most would consider a far more serious series of crimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11403984

If the guy in the original post gets 12 years, surely this scumbag should have got life.

[Boba Fett]

might be a silly question but always wondered - in prison how do people know what you're in for?

Didnt you ever watch Prisoner Cell Block H???!!!!

[kinboshi]

The very next day a guy gets 2/3rds of the sentence for what most would consider a far more serious series of crimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11403984

If the guy in the original post gets 12 years, surely this scumbag should have got life.

Definitely deserves a longer sentence, if not just for punishment in order to protect more kids from becoming victims.

If he'd been a catholic priest, he'd have been able to get away with it as they seem to be able to act outside the law with relative immunity.

[mondatoo]

The very next day a guy gets 2/3rds of the sentence for what most would consider a far more serious series of crimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11403984

If the guy in the original post gets 12 years, surely this scumbag should have got life.

Such a disgrace,the justice system in this country is absolutely pathetic and is one of the biggest things wrong with this country.

[kinboshi]

The very next day a guy gets 2/3rds of the sentence for what most would consider a far more serious series of crimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11403984

If the guy in the original post gets 12 years, surely this scumbag should have got life.

Such a disgrace,the justice system in this country is absolutely pathetic and is one of the biggest things wrong with this country.

It's far from perfect in many ways, but which countries' justice systems puts it to shame? Who gets it right?

The justice system in the US for example is one of the worst I can think of in the 'west'.

[TightPaulFolds]

The very next day a guy gets 2/3rds of the sentence for what most would consider a far more serious series of crimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11403984

If the guy in the original post gets 12 years, surely this scumbag should have got life.

Such a disgrace,the justice system in this country is absolutely pathetic and is one of the biggest things wrong with this country.

It's far from perfect in many ways, but which countries' justice systems puts it to shame? Who gets it right?

The justice system in the US for example is one of the worst I can think of in the 'west'.

Scotland does it a bit better imo.

The Virginian woman who got topped last night while the two perps of the murder get life, just com

[mondatoo]

The very next day a guy gets 2/3rds of the sentence for what most would consider a far more serious series of crimes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11403984

If the guy in the original post gets 12 years, surely this scumbag should have got life.

Such a disgrace,the justice system in this country is absolutely pathetic and is one of the biggest things wrong with this country.

It's far from perfect in many ways, but which countries' justice systems puts it to shame? Who gets it right?

The justice system in the US for example is one of the worst I can think of in the 'west'.

I wasn't making a comparison to any other countries ways,just saying it's one of the biggest things wrong in this country.