Originally Posted by
kaz3g
It appears a number of contributors here have no idea of the impactAspergers, mental health issues and a seriously ****** up childhood might have on a person, or of the cost and the criminogenic nature of imprisonment.
Her Honour sentenced the offender to two years gaol to be served in the community while undergoing treatment to address the mental health issues that led to the offending.
Prisoners invariably come out of gaol worse than when they went in...much better to deal with the underlying issues for the individual and society at large.
The rate of imprisonment in Australia is at an all time high and so is our crime rate. Do the research and find out why.
Exactly what I was trying to point out. All the geniuses on here who think they know more than the Judges, Juries and people who have studied law should just stop pontificating. As for the suggestion of life imprisonment... if it HAD been disastrous, is the life imprisonment going to bring back the victims??? This guy clearly had problems which are way beyond the 'expertise' of anyone here. By the way, pontificating about Victoria's legal system when the federal goons are trying to lock people up for exposing a fraud committed by the previous LNP government against a friendly nation to steal gas off them is a bit rich.
As for the example of shooting people, yeh, because what we really want to do is have people running around with deadly weapons like another Western so-called democracy I could mention.
Regarding the uniform... at lease one news outlet commented that the carrier had failed to get his uniform back and there is no suggestion he took a selfie on shift before committing the act as someone has stated. Clear implication is that he was dismissed and failed to return his uniform and he then obtained a radio (probably stole it from the office before leaving, if so, another example of poor accounting).