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I believe the judges have it all wrong - even when government guidelines are "advising" stiffer sentences, the judges are as lenient as can be, which to my mind is sick.
The judges are there to protect us and they are failing in that duty.
Crimes of violence should have as severe a sentence as can be and in this instance, life.
The trouble is that even a life sentence nowadays is usually only ten years or so and that sniggering in court should, I agree double the sentence - no remorse, no leniency - at all.
There have been appeals against too lenient a sentence, this seems one of those cases.
The (very) sad thing is that we, the "common people" can see what is wrong with the system, but no one with responsibility, or the judges, will act, they are living in a completely different world to us.
Roger