A 14 year old boy was recently spared a custodial sentence at Inner London Crown Court, having pleaded guilty to being in possession of two firearms and live ammunition. He was only sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order due to his age. If he had been 16, the judge would have sentenced him to a minimum of three years in prison.
Sentencing, Judge Chapple commented that “Parliament has tied my hands almost completely. I have no power at all in the particular circumstances of your case to send you to any form of detention.”
So this begs the question, does Parliament have too much control over sentencing guidelines? Or not enough? As has been well documented, two young men were recently sentenced to four years imprisonment for allegedly using Facebook as a vehicle to incite mob violence. Where is the consistency?
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Aren't the courts and parliament completely different things, to stop things such as corruption?
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