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Reply #15 - Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:01am

Setanta wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:55am:

mothra wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:51am:

Carly's Law has just been passed. Pity it can't be applied retroactively.

As much as I think people like this could do with a bit longer, I don't like emotion brought into the legal system.

No. Neither do i. It's one of my primary arguments against capital and corporal punishment ... and for the humane treatment of prisoners.

But if we are not focussing on rehabilitation (which we're not) then we have a duty of care to society to keep it as safe as possible.

30mths for conspiring to kidnap and "coerce" children who are already victims of sexual assault beggars belief. Add to that the charges being dismissed?

Well, you can see why people have lost faith in the legal system.

If you can't be a good example, you have to be a horrible warning.

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Reply #16 - Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:03am

Simple. Issue grand-parents with a .25 calibre semi-automatic and he would be an unfortunate victim of a home invasion gone wrong for which the police can find no solid leads....

I know a family from which two sons were sexually abused by a family friend for years while he was their soccer coach ... someone said they should not tell their mother in case etc .. I said they should tell here NOW because she'd kill the c*nt, and no jury would find her guilty.

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16587 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: High Court asked to rule on paedophile kidnapping Reply #17 - Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:03am mothra wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:51am: Carly's Law has just been passed. Pity it can't be applied retroactively. Shall we discuss this one? Quote: The change makes it a crime to plan to harm a child under 16 and in particular targets predators who misrepresent their age.
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Re: High Court asked to rule on paedophile kidnapping
Reply #18 - Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:05am

Setanta wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:44am:

mothra wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:40am:

Setanta wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:34am:

Re the OP, how can it not be a crime? Conspiracy to commit a crime is a crime. If I ever hire a hit man to bump someone off, I want this guy's lawyer. How many have been locked up for conspiracy to commit murder for hiring someone to commit the crime for them, even though the murder never happened?

Absolutely buggered if i know.

We're talking about kidnapping children with intent to "persuade" them into changing their testimonies. In my humble opinion, it doesn't get much worse than that.

Perversion of justice should be in there too.

But no, possibly out in December. Brilliant.

I seriously doubt it. We have laws against conspiracy to commit crimes. That it will go to the high court is what is weird. How the lawyer pulled that one of I don't know.
https://www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/publications/benchbks/criminal/conspiracy.html

I guess he will argue that since the one he tried to hire did not agree and dobbed him in instead, there was no conspiracy to commit a crime. Seems the only way you could argue it as it needs two or more to conspire to commit a crime.

Fair points... so in order to prove 'conspiracy' you need to have two or more consenting parties.....

I say balls chancre...

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Re: High Court asked to rule on paedophile kidnapping
Reply #19 - Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:05am

Setanta wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:03am:

mothra wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:51am:

Carly's Law has just been passed. Pity it can't be applied retroactively.

Shall we discuss this one?
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The change makes it a crime to plan to harm a child under 16 and in particular targets predators who misrepresent their age.

I'll start a thread on it. We'll discuss it there.

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Reply #20 - Jun 16^th, 2017 at 2:06am

Setanta wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:55am:

mothra wrote on Jun 16^th, 2017 at 1:51am:

Carly's Law has just been passed. Pity it can't be applied retroactively.

As much as I think people like this could do with a bit longer, I don't like emotion brought into the legal system.

It will be if the legal system breaks down entirely and is replaced by vigilante justice.....

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
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