Justice Minister says she has ‘consistently’ seen sentencing for assaults that seem too lenient
by Ambitious_Bill_7991
Justice Minister says she has ‘consistently’ seen sentencing for assaults that seem too lenient
by Ambitious_Bill_7991
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Can’t she kick the judges a$$es about it? 
She should definitely tell the justice minister if she ever happens to see her.
Doubling the permitted custodial sentence doesn’t do anything when the judges suspend the sentence anyway.
Which they do because there’s basically no room in Irish prisons and hasn’t been for years.
Which is because no new prisons have been built in decades.
Which is her job.
EDIT: also – doubling the permitted sentence from 5 to 10 years is doubly pointless in the referred case (Natasha O’Brien’s) as Crotty was only sentenced to 3 years anyway.
Well, then why hasn’t her government built more prisons? We are at capacity which is why lenient sentencing is becoming more common
Its up to the DPP to appeal lenient sentences. Like for the vicious woman beater [Cathal Crotty](https://www.thejournal.ie/defence-forces-begins-process-of-dismissing-soldier-who-beat-a-woman-unconscious-6415327-Jun2024/), and the feral (judge’s own word) teenager [Aaron Holland](https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/teen-who-took-part-in-savage-attack-on-homeless-man-walks-free-from-court/a1769685260.html), who beat a homeless man half-to-death while in the process of robbing him.
dpp@dppireland.ie
She can say what she wants, not enough people care, this is the main issue.
You can piss and moan all you want, her party, the party of law and order, that has been in charge for 14 years, are polling well and are almost a shoo-in to be re-elcted come election time.
There needs to be a method to recall judges, even if it’s a petition or public vote
Jesus best not tell her to have a look at Judge Nolan’s sentencing record, nevermind to lenient the man should be removed as a Judge. Which leads to my next point, we as the public should have a say in who/how/what judges are elected to serve. A separation of state functions shouldn’t result in one of the functions being utterly unaccountable to the general public.