Failures of the Criminal Justice System – International Edition

JusticeAnd you thought the Criminal Justice System in the USA was screwed up. Violent burglar dressed up as garda during raid on family.

It seems things aren’t much different in Ireland.

He has 130 previous convictions for burglary, theft, road traffic offences, criminal damage, possession of drugs, taking vehicles and public order matters.

If he was sentenced to 6-months for each of those 130 offenses, he wouldn’t be out causing more mayhem. But the Irish, like their European neighbors, are too civilized to actually put people in prison.