I’ve heard some stupid ideas in my time. The proposed “sentence escalator” is a classic, providing that “any person convicted of the same criminal offence on more than one occasion must receive a longer custodial sentence for the second or subsequent offence than his longest previous sentence for the same offence” – regardless of the facts…
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“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” ― Little Gidding, T.S. Eliot Fashion dictates that the first written offering of a new year be contorted around a vague theme of resolutions and renewal. And those who know…
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