Tag Archive: tariff

The Rights of the Forgotten Victims – Undue Leniency

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 31st 2009) Absurd The victims of crime (or their family) have the right to give statements about the impact the crime has had upon them to the judge before he or she decides…
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The Rights of The Forgotten Victims – Victim Impact Statements

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 31st 2009) Impact The law allows the families of victims the right to give victim statements about how the murder of their loved one has affected them to judges before the tariff –…
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A Travesty of Justice

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (January 31st 2009) Ludicrous When sentencing the real murderer of Lynette White to life imprisonment in July 2003, Mr Justice (Sir John) Royce told Jeffrey Gafoor: “You allowed innocent men to go to prison…
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A Terrible Missed Opportunity

by Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (December 27th 2011) Institutional Racism Over 20 months before black aspiring architect Stephen Lawrence was murdered, the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had the opportunity to save his life, but institutional racism…
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Reprehensible

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (May 28th 2012) Despicable John Pope was a suspect originally in the murder of Karen Skipper, which occurred in Cardiff in March 1996. He was eliminated, incorrectly as it turned out. Sadly the late…
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