Teenager’s murder conviction exposes failure of legislation to grant essential powers to courts Tags:ireland 3 comments Entertaining the thought of suspending the sentence of someone convicted of murder is an awful slap in the face of the victim’s family. All we ever hear about is mitigating circumstances. Finally, a judge wants to be able to give a sentence with consequences You have the power to issue a life sentence. No conditions on that. Do not give judges any more power to reduce sentences! Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Entertaining the thought of suspending the sentence of someone convicted of murder is an awful slap in the face of the victim’s family.
All we ever hear about is mitigating circumstances. Finally, a judge wants to be able to give a sentence with consequences
You have the power to issue a life sentence. No conditions on that. Do not give judges any more power to reduce sentences!
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Entertaining the thought of suspending the sentence of someone convicted of murder is an awful slap in the face of the victim’s family.
All we ever hear about is mitigating circumstances. Finally, a judge wants to be able to give a sentence with consequences
You have the power to issue a life sentence. No conditions on that. Do not give judges any more power to reduce sentences!