Douglas Carswell's Blog

Unaccountable justice

Listening to Ken Clarke's "lets-not-lock-'em-up" policy on law and order.

Sounds like Ken wants to leave it to those who preside over the criminal justice system - judges, probationary services, expert officials. Doesn't this rather conflict with the government stated aim of trying to make public officials more accountable?

Worse, what happens when all the "experts" leftie presumptions held by public officials about the nature of crime, fail to deliver effective criminal justice? And, what happens when law abiding folk clock that the state no longer administers effective justice?

I wonder if Ken is any more right about reforming criminal justice than he once was about the Euro?

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