Vandalism - are penalties severe enough?
By pilbara
@pilbara (1436)
Australia
October 25, 2007 8:52pm CST
There are groups of young people who fly into the city I live in with the express purpose of vandalising trains and buildings - mostly by covering them with grafitti.
In the most recent case the magistrate handling the case refered to the perpetrator as being "young and impressionable" (he is over 18) and that he is "likely to have experienced quite a deal of distress as a result of his overnight stay in custody"
In addition to the vandalism he also assaulted a security officer.
I think that at the very least he should personally clean it all up and then see how cool or funny this kind of thing is.
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
26 Oct 07
I love your avatar. In answer to your question No penalties are definately not severe enough at least not from where I'm from. In Canada the legal age is 18 and yet if a young offender gets in trouble he/she simply gets put back to the custody of the parents, and nothing is done. We have a young offenders act which protects the criminal. My son in law has had his work truck broke into twice and nothing was ever done. I think it must be very frustrating for the police that bring these people to justice then it goes to court and the judge throws it out. Disgusting it really is. Sorry I'm babbling hon. Take Care my friend.
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