Does one of the qualifications for being a 'Learned Judge' ...

... at the Court of human rights require a complete lack of common sense and a complete lack understanding of what the overwhelming majority of thinking people's 'moral compass' points towards??

"Locking up some of Britain's most notorious killers for life without any prospect of release is a breach of their human rights, European judges have ruled."


What about the "human rights" of the victims, families of victims and general public at large to be protected?

 

Actually the job of a judge is precisely not to base decisions on "what the overwhelming majority of thinking people's 'moral compass' points towards", but to address the points of law equally.

All that this does is to say they should have to have the chance of parole, it effectively changes nothing as they can still be refused parole.

 

so what happens if we just tell them to **** off and mind their own business, a lot like the French do when it suits them ?

 

Surely 'Law' should reflect an informed society's and opinions and protect society's values and the individual (alright not the knee jerk reaction of people influenced by the 'Redtops' ) but based on a reasoned argument. Too many legal decisions (or at least sentencing) are inconsistent as the legal precedents that many decisions are based on are haphazard to say the least. Still it is better than nothing I suppose. This latest decision seems to reinforce the common view that the law is biased towards the transgressor rather than the victim. My view is that criminal law should follow contract law i.e. 'the law does not provide recourse for those who operate outside it' .

 

Its a joke and it's been allowed to go on for far too long. Hopefully the next government will have the power to do something about it because a change can't come soon enough.

 

Re: PS

I think that 100000 people are more likely to come up with a fair and just decision , given the facts, than a handful of 'learned' judges with little experience of being victims of crime. (unless, of course, the 100,000 are Sun readers!)