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Subject: [OT] Brits decide equality before the law is a good thing - at least
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 11:09:42 -0400
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A judge that heads a commission that was writing new guidelines for 
sentencing that would basically reduce sentences for everyone that is 
young, female, pregnant or a member of a minority group is unhappy that 
virtually the entire legal community has come out against his proposed 
reforms have been paused. (NOTE: The judge insists that the reforms are 
a good and necessary idea and the ruling Labour Party has frequently 
been fond of this sort of thinking in the past so these reforms may well 
reappear in the future.)

Leo Kearse explains why these reforms are a very bad idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfzcUyArXE [6 minutes]


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Rhino