The Curmudgeon

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Quality of Mercy is a Strain

The attorney general is going to ask the court of appeal to re-examine the sentences of those responsible for Baby P's death, presumably in the hope of a bit of leniency towards the Government in the scumbag press headlines for a day or two. The mother's boyfriend got twelve years for the baby's death and a life sentence for raping a two-year-old, although as yet it does not appear that any archbishops have stepped forth to praise the courage he has shown in condescending to stand trial. The mother and her lodger were given indefinite sentences, which means they will not be released until a parole board is satisfied that they are no longer dangerous. Translated into journalese, this means that the mother "could be released three years from now", because the judge imposed a five-year minimum sentence. Additionally, it is just possible that - even under the Daveybloke administration - parole boards will not have been entirely privatised in three years' time, and will therefore still have their hands muzzled and their teeth tied behind their backs thanks to the presence of overpaid, under-worked, benefits-claiming public service personnel who care more about the whims and day-trips of convicted criminals than about the market for moral pornography.

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