Cannabis

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

I'd suggest that there is faaaaaaaar more to that than meets the eye! NEVER heard of anyone getting that stretch who either hasn't been a lot of trouble prior or who has a LOT of pills for "personal" use.

No, high flying accountant in the city, no previous. BUT, a certain young lady called Liah Betts had recently died from taking ecstasy. Judge chose to make an example of him. Completely unfair. One family's life had just been ruined in tragic circumstances, so of course it made sense to ruin anothers by sending him down for posession??? The amount he had in his pocket was less than I used to take of an evening. He had no need to deal, he had pleanty of money.

I'll not go into any more detail as the chap in question is still (understandable) very upset by the whole thing, even years on.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I think the judges and system in general are the ones who are off chasing the dragon at work.

too true!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by philbut

Judge chose to make an example of him.

That's another mental thing, making an example of someone makes it more likely for others to try it. Them "making an example of" is just a way of saying "we can't afford to give everyone this harsh a punishment".

Other thing that p*sses me off is they punish people with something to lose more harshly,* despite them being generally good citizens, where the complete wastes of space get tapped on the wrist.

*Like speeding fines higher than some other tw*t who's just TWOC'd a car and run someone's Gran over.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

*Like speeding fines higher than some other tw*t who's just TWOC'd a car and run someone's Gran over.

+1 to that. You watch those police programmes all the time when you hear what ultimately happened to the offenders by the end. Sometimes you hear people getting away with what I'd consider murders with what is ultimately a slap on the wrist and 'dont be a naughty boy again fella' - with poor mr happy pills sent away for 6months.