Justice denied

The system must ensure that sentences for convicted rapists reflect the crime, writes Dan Buckley

Justice denied
Wed, 23 Jan, 2013 - 00:00
Dan Buckley

SENTENCING criminals is not just a matter of mathematics: Three years for this offence, 10 years for that... and so on.

Yet there are times when mathematics can illuminate absurdity in both the structure and the application of our criminal justice system.

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