Suspended sentence for alcohol thief

Joe Fenech

Aug 9th 2009, 10:20

What is this suspended sentence business?????? Get people to do community work or work for free for their victims!

Joseph Calleja

Aug 7th 2009, 20:54

If the courts are willing to hand out all these suspended sentences why not tag on hours of community service to the suspended sentence. Just a slap on the hand does not do much good. I am sure most charities would appreciate the help. We all complain about how dirty Malta is, how dirty the beaches are etc etc. Some of these people can counsel youths about drinking and driving and so on and so on, but just a suspended sentence might not be enough. This works very well in other countries.

Robert Callus

Aug 7th 2009, 19:40

Suspended sentences are a good tool when the magistrate wants to give a lesson but feels that prison is inappropriate. True, they are used as 'pastizzi' and that's wrong. However that does not mean that the concept of probation/sus sentence is wrong. If used well it can be very beneficial to society.
Parole can aslo be very beneficia to those who want to use prison one as of its functions is supposed to be - rehabilitation. Yes there have been former prisoners who did this successfully.
Also one must think of alternatives such as a community work where the guilty is not only learning his lesson but also actually conributing something back to socfiety and integrate in it as a law abiding citizen

c. camilleri

Aug 7th 2009, 19:13

Suspended sentences are the order of the day. What next? Parole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joseph Calleja

Aug 7th 2009, 17:41

Maltese courts must have the most liberal laws of all EU states. Ninety nine percent of sentences end up in SUSPENDED SENTENCES.