Friday, June 30, 2006

"Knife Amnesty"

They're serious.

Good Lord.
Posted by David Codrea at 6/30/2006 09:21:00 AM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The findings will fuel fears that knife culture in Britain is out of control"

'"This is exactly why we have proposed tougher sentences for knife crime(what the ... ???) ..."'

Let's see if it's April 1st ... hmmm, Nope, it's not. This must be a bona fide article from a real journalist.

I was going to cite some more brilliant (real) journalistic insight and assessment but I would have had to just cut and paste the entire article. Kudos to the Government for making the article possible. Without a stupid policy it would have been impossible to write a stupid article ... or maybe not.

I can see why David didn't comment much beyond what he did. Stuff like this leaves you speechless with amazement.

6/30/2006 9:48 AM
Anonymous said...

Here is an indicator of their state of mind.

Norman Brennan, founder of the Knives Destroys Lives campaign, said:

"What we need are random as well as targeted stop and searches. Anyone found in a public place with a knife, if convicted, should go to prison..."

Dee Edwards, co-founder of Mothers Against Murder And Aggression, said:

"Knife crime is always going to be harder to police than gun crime because we all have weapons in our homes.

"Everyone knows that hardened criminals are not going to hand in their weapons but at least over the past month some very nasty weapons have been taken off the streets."


WOW! Are the Brits still using lead water pipes? Those people are "nucking futs".

6/30/2006 12:23 PM
Anonymous said...

Just so we're clear.

The stated goals will admitedly not affect criminals ("Everyone knows that hardened criminals are not going to hand in their weapons.."), we know the affect of disarming victims, and personal libety and privacy (""What we need are random as well as targeted stop and searches...") gone.

We've seen how law abiding citizens are to be treated; here's is how the brits treat violent offenders.

"A 13-year-old girl who slashed a classmate across the face, leaving her needing 30 stitches, was today given a two-year supervision"

FREAKIN PROBATION!

And did the judge feel this was apropraite? You betcha! The judge said:

"I suspect few who have heard evidence in this case are surprised at that verdict. Rather they would take the view it's another example of the jury system working at its best."

Link (off the same page even..):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=393316&in_page_id=1770

--story----
Supervision order for girl who slashed classmate's face
12:25pm 30th June 2006


A 13-year-old girl who slashed a classmate across the face, leaving her needing 30 stitches, was today given a two-year supervision order by a judge.

Yesterday the girl, who cannot be named, was found guilty of unlawfully wounding Shanni Naylor at Myrtle Springs School in Sheffield last year when both girls were 12 but she was cleared of the more serious charge of wounding with intent.

Today at Sheffield Crown Court, the Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Alan Goldsack QC, said he did not have the power to give the girl a custodial sentence.

The three-day trial was told that, the day before the attack, the girl was subjected to a "vicious" assault by Shanni, who punched her repeatedly, banging her head against a wall, as more than 100 pupils looked on without helping.

The court heard the defendant describe how she did not plan to attack Shanni the next day but had found the blade and only wanted to scare her with it.

The jury was told how the girl had an extremely low IQ and had lived in Somalia for the first 10 years of her life without any formal education and having been orphaned when she was young.

A psychologist told the court she was likely to have been heavily influenced by a Somali custom in which women routinely settled disputes by inflicting minor scratches on each other's faces.

Today the judge said that, given the background of the case, he was not surprised by yesterday's verdict.

Sentencing the girl, he told her: "You have taken a razor blade with you into school, walked up to another girl in your class and, under the nose of your teacher, slashed that girl three times in the face with that razor.

"Serious wounds were inflicted on the face of that girl."

The judge noted that Shanni's injured face had appeared on the front page of a number of newspapers and added: "Media interest in your trial has remained considerable, no doubt because of the public concern about the number of knives and other sharp instruments being carried into schools by pupils and then used as weapons.

"Many who have not followed the details of the case may express some surprise that you were not convicted of the more serious offence.

"If you had been, a custodial sentence of some length would have been the only possible sentence despite your very young age.

"Its primary purpose would have been deterrent.

"I suspect few who have heard evidence in this case are surprised at that verdict. Rather they would take the view it's another example of the jury system working at its best."

6/30/2006 12:34 PM
Fletch said...

"Knife crime is always going to be harder to police than gun crime because we all have weapons in our homes."

She DOES?! Why didn't she turn hers in? Along with any large blunt instruments. Or tube socks, and loose change. Or long wooden posts (like on chairs). Or rope or cord of any kind (wonder if she had shoes with shoelaces?). Or pens or pencils. Or glass of any kind. or........

6/30/2006 9:16 PM
Anonymous said...

I note with rising gorge how the judge(spit) was more concerned with the poor upbringing of the perp, and almost forgot entirely the victim. How bout' she gets punished like they do in Ethiopia? You know, stoned to death or blinded, or ritually strangled by the father of the victim?

7/01/2006 10:44 AM

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