Thursday, October 08, 2009

UK: Tories Propose to "Name and Shame" Criminals

Story.

Currently, human rights regulations prevent criminals from being identified.

Takeaway paragraph:

Mr Grieve will say: “Under Labour, the rights of criminals have been put before the rights of law-abiding citizens. A Conservative government will free the police, probation and prison services to name offenders where necessary to protect the public and prevent crime.”

That would be a good start. It follows my own inclinations toward law enforcement; were I ever consulted on drafting a country's constitution, one of the things I would insist on in a Bill of Rights is the following: The rights of a criminal shall never be valued more highly than the rights of the law-abiding public.

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