THREE strikes and you are out is a principle now being employed by the Government and the Judiciary. Come before the courts three times and you automatically serve a prison sentence.
Get out the violins. Let's be honest, criminals devastate the lives of innocent hard-working members of the community. For every one appearance before the court, how many offences have actually been committed by these people?
K. SOWERBUTTS
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