The judges aren't on the same page as the community, that is for sure.
I live in Melbourne and I am sick to death of criminals-sometimes quite violent ones-getting a slap on the wrist.
There was a case a while back where a man about 18 or 19 was hooning-you know where they get their cars and deliberately speed around at night in competition with their mates, well he was doing that-he killed someone and was let off with no conviction at all as the judge 'didn't want to ruin his life'.
Every case has to be judged on its merits but for me the worst are violent crimes eg home invasions, bashings etc & they should get the full brunt of the law and I don't care what age the criminals are.
For cases where someone is killed in a car accident but the driver being sentenced was driving fairly closely within the law, perhaps made an error, then some leniency.
But in this case the driver was going a full 40kph over the speed limit so he deserves a stiff sentence. Mind you, I think the violent criminals who bash etc deserve an even stiffer sentence.
But do they get it? Of course not.
