Sara Payne: Judges should spell out prison time when sentencing
Judges should spell out the exact amount of time a criminal is likely to spend in prison, Sara Payne, the Government's Victims' Champion said today.
It is tragic that Sara Payne's daughter Sarah was raped and murdered by Roy Whiting, who is serving a life sentence, and justice is being done, so there is no need for adding the angry, and bitter, and twisted ramblings of Sara Payne's brand of justice to other offenders who have not been involved in the crimes against her daughter. This is taking victim mentality too far.
We have enough crimes without adding anti-social behaviour onto the criminal law statutes. As she says, sentencing is a complex issue therefore it is best left to the professionals rather than emotional amateurs who cannot tell the difference between justice and being vindictive.
Sara Payne, get over it. And let Sarah rest in peace!
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