Another example of left wing idiology run amok, and society suffers.

[Moxie]

I can only shake my head at the left's love of hardened criminals, I guess public safty should come second to the needs of the Criminal. Honestly I cannot understand their thought process.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770

Snippet: Hundreds of dangerous prisoners are to be freed without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public.

The inmates, including paedophiles, other sex offenders and arsonists, will no longer have to convince the Parole Board they are safe for release.

The situation has been triggered by the Government's decision to reduce dramatically the use of indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPPs) in a desperate bid to solve the jail overcrowding crisis.

IPPs, a flagship crime-fighting policy of Tony Blair, apply a minimum sentence for the most serious violent, serial and sexual offenders.

When the sentence is served, inmates remain in jail indefinitely until the Parole Board is satisfied they have been rehabilitated. But IPPs have heaped pressure on the jail system and last week Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced they would be imposed only for offences which carry a minimum tariff of two years.

This will exclude many serious offences including most sexual assaults, sexual activity with a child and arson.

Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Herbert said: 'The whole point of IPPs was to protect the public so criminals were not released until they were no longer a danger.

"Either Jack Straw hasn't thought through the impact of these changes or the Government hasn't provided enough prison places.

"Everywhere you look, Labour is giving criminals a break."

Criminal barrister Anna Soubry said: "IPPs were a fantastic idea. But Labour did not put the necessary facilities in place for it to happen."

Since the "super

[Sulaco]

I can only shake my head at the left's love of hardened criminals, I guess public safty should come second to the needs of the Criminal. Honestly I cannot understand their thought process.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770

Snippet: Hundreds of dangerous prisoners are to be freed without any checks on whether they pose a threat to the public.

The inmates, including paedophiles, other sex offenders and arsonists, will no longer have to convince the Parole Board they are safe for release.

The situation has been triggered by the Government's decision to reduce dramatically the use of indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPPs) in a desperate bid to solve the jail overcrowding crisis.

IPPs, a flagship crime-fighting policy of Tony Blair, apply a minimum sentence for the most serious violent, serial and sexual offenders.

When the sentence is served, inmates remain in jail indefinitely until the Parole Board is satisfied they have been rehabilitated. But IPPs have heaped pressure on the jail system and last week Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced they would be imposed only for offences which carry a minimum tariff of two years.

This will exclude many serious offences including most sexual assaults, sexual activity with a child and arson.

Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Herbert said: 'The whole point of IPPs was to protect the public so criminals were not released until they were no longer a danger.

"Either Jack Straw hasn't thought through the impact of these changes or the Government hasn't provided enough prison places.

"Everywhere you look, Labour is giving criminals a break."

Criminal barrister Anna Soubry said: "IPPs were a fantastic idea. But Labour did not put the necessary facilities in place for it to happen."

Since the "super

This has been brewing for years. And by this I mean the melt-down of any "law and order" credentials Labour may have claimed. If only there was a a party in Britain with the ability to exploit this situation. Alas, there isn't.