Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime
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Concern at low rate of criminal trial success
"The Law Society of WA says statistics revealing that less than half of all serious criminal trials last financial year resulted in convictions raise serious concerns about public prosecutors."
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=44326
"The Law Society of WA says statistics revealing that less than half of all serious criminal trials last financial year resulted in convictions raise serious concerns about public prosecutors."
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=44326
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You just have to watch "The Force" to see what lenient sentences (quite often pathetic little fines) are handed out to crims here.
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This is not an assumption, it's a statement based on my experiences. Nowhere in my post did I make any assumptions. Perhaps you should take a little time to read the post before replying, particularly with you being a moderator.
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perhaps you should take a little time to consider that
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before this turns into another bitchfest. why dont we all make ourselves clear from the begining? then we wouldnt have to read these pathtic little comments that start over nothing.
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