I thought we had a problem with the way our police keep catching teens and arresting them. They go to court and are freed on bail (which is nothing but I promise to show up at my future court date) and then go and break the law again.
Arrested again and freed again on bail.
I heard on the news to day that the government is going to begin trialling (trialling!) ankle bracelets in Australia starting in June this year I think it was. Don't know why you would trial them. Just start using the bloody things.
My daughter and her partner were driving back from Broken Hill and were cut off by a driver turning from the right hand lane across their path into the very same turnoff that they were taking. That driver then got out and abused them for nearly causing a crash and that they should be more aware of other drivers.
My daughter let fly as she does not hold back sometimes. "We are not in your country, we are in Australia. What you did is not how we drive over here. It was illegal."
Answer? "I don't care! You should be watching other cars!" Apparently, he needs to be watched, but he does not need to watch.
My daughter stood on our driveway regaling me with this tale and ended with, "I like meeting different people dad, but if they are going to keep coming to Australia and then try to turn it into the country that they just left? There's the door. F### off right back to where you came from."
There is something going on and I can't put my finger on it, but there are a great many instances of people using the justice system in the country they are in to essentially skip out on whatever is hanging over their heads. The problem then becomes the country that decides to take them in.
How did these people ever learn that they could do this and get away with it? I can't believe that it fosters good political ties if it keeps happening between two countries. One country who wants to put someone through their legal system so a victim gets some sort of justice, and the other country who says you can stay here so you don't have to go through that.
The article further up, how can someone afford to fight in court for twenty years? There can't be that many different avenues that you could keep trying to go to, is there?
Another country should not have to 'be nice' to you if you are escaping from some crime you committed in another country.