Crime and punisment

MAYBE it’s just me, but I think there is something radically wrong with our judicial system?

Crime and punisment

A heroin addict who steals a laptop from the office of a former Taoiseach to pay for drugs is sentenced to seven years. A man who plies a teenage girl with drink and then films himself having unlawful sex with her is sentenced to two years.

That just beggars belief. I hope the DPP appeals that sentence.

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