Lindsay Hauck is absolutely right when she says she feels let down by the verdict on the person who killed her colleague and friend while driving drunk.
The sentence imposed on that person is ludicrous. She should have been given five years jail time with no early release. She should also have been banned from ever driving a motor vehicle of any kind.
Our spineless legal system needs to undergo a major overhaul and really meaningful sentences meted out on wrong-doers.
The long-winded, legal baffle-gab by the lawyers trying to justify the judge’s weak sentence cuts no ice as far as I’m concerned. It’s high time that the whole system had a major overhaul and the weak maximum sentences imposed on the judiciary by a bunch of weak-minded do-gooders in Parliament years ago should all be abolished and judges given free rein to impose sentences that really mean something.
Justice should no longer be in the favour of the offender, but the victim is the one who should hear a sentence that addresses their loss and suffering. Judges should no longer be hamstrung by stupid laws. Much harsher sentences should be the norm as it is in the U.S. This isn’t an attempt to rehabilitate the wrongdoer. It is suitable punishment they have to endure for what they have done.
Noel Tyler
Vernon
