There is a whole lot wrong with the sentencing system in courts, compare these if you will:
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Jeffrey Archer, whatever you might think of him was treated horendously by the courts. Essentially he stood up in court and lied about sleeping with a prostitute. Something you might think an awful lot of people might do if faced with the accusation. For this he received a sentence of four and a half years. Remember thats for telling a lie.
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A father whose 23-year-old daughter died in a crash involving a drink driver has said he is pleased the man's jail sentence has been increased. Brian Clulow's daughter Jody died on 8 January last year in the crash in Brielle Way, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. He said he and his wife Christine were flabbergasted when Snow was jailed for 12 months for careless driving while over the drink-drive limit. "It seemed a ludicrous sentence," he said.
Miss Clulow, a trainee teacher, died from head injuries after Snow's car crashed at 80mph in the early hours of the morning.
She was among a group of people who had accepted a lift home from a nightclub with Snow. The Crown Prosecution Service appealed against the sentence, which was imposed after Snow admitted the offence. "We were not vindictive towards Simon Snow," said Mr Clulow. "But the leniency of the sentence was no deterrent.
"Now it has been increased to two-and-a-half years it might stop someone from going out and drinking and possibly having an accident."
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John Nuttall was stabbed repeatedly during a brawl outside his Bradford home before collapsing and dying in the street.
Yesterday Marc Holton - who had a previous conviction for carrying a knife - was jailed for 3 years and 11 months after admitting a charge of manslaughter. Bradford Crown Court heard how the bloody confrontation in August last year had stemmed from a row over Mr Nuttall's girlfriend buying a dog from his killer's sister. When police arrested Holton, 20, of Copley Street, Little Horton, just hours after the killing, he told them: "He's dead. It was all over a dog."
Robin Frieze, prosecuting, said 22-year-old Mr Nuttall had gone to the home of Holton's sister, Kelly Holton, in an "agitated state" following a dispute over the pet. He later returned to his flat in Terrington Crest, Clayton, where Holton and other family members had arrived. "There was an argument about a dog which developed into a fight. It is unclear who struck the first blow," said Mr Frieze. "During the fight the defendant produced a lock knife and stabbed Mr Nuttall a number of times, including twice in the chest."
Mr Frieze said the fight halted momentarily and Holton was walking away when Mr Nuttall came towards him with a hammer.
Holton later told police he had been struck several times, although medical evidence only showed one wound.
"Having been hit, the defendant countered by pulling out the knife and stabbing Mr Nuttall a number of times, again in the chest," said Mr Frieze.
One wound ruptured Mr Nuttall's heart and another, his lung. He died before reaching hospital.
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