Regarding sentencing I feel the majority are short and offer no disincentive to anyone.
Compounding this is the recent case which illustrates how broken and unworkable our legal system has become. We have a violent immigrant who has recently been release from jail after serving time over the Cronulla riots.
He then commits a new violent crime. Okay so he gets I think 2 years. BUT that isn't my issue here. This guy refuses to show respect to the Judge by standing when he was being sentenced. His line was "I only stand for God."
At which point if I was the Judge I would have said.... And God has just requested I put 10 years more on your sentence due to your bad disrespectful attitude.
If he shows no respect how on earth do you expect he'd be bound to tell the truth under oath?
Police state is not what I'm requesting. Fact is if you call for Police because your house was broken into they most likely won't come without physical evidence or injury.
If you can't rely on the Police but you can't take matters into your own hands you get a nullified result.
