Low sentence for Eton student **Title edited by MNHQ**

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I was utterly amazed to read how this man has got away with such disturbing behaviour. Unbelievable.

Apparently the judge found the images so disgusting he couldn't bring himself to deliver justice describe them. Wtf? Really? Why?

However, I've discovered there is a petition going around requesting a review of this sentence.]]

The public is not deciding the sentence at all.

The public is merely saying the sentence isn't enough.

There is a huge difference.

And God forbid the public should have an opinion and a civilised way to express their opinion on our sacrosanct legal system.

As a result, I still don't see why you don't sign the petition August.

And why don't you start a petition to suggest sentences by revised to reflect justice in that case?

It is after all very easy to criticise others who try to do something when they feel disgust and helplessness in the face of an apparently unjust legal system.

Starting a petition with a view to getting a sentence changed amounts to requiring, at the very least, public input into sentencing decisions. And that's very dangerous. There are loads of sentencing decisions made every day in every court throughout the country, some of those decisions will by their nature be wrong, but no-one puts up public petitions about them. Why should the media decide which ones it will publicise so as to whip up public disquiet, and which ones they will leave alone?

Of course people can have an opinion, but I don't think there is any point in signing a petition about this particular sentence because it won't achieve anything as the Attorney General has no power to review it in any meaningful sense. Plus, as I say, petitions directed at individual sentences seem to me dangerous. I'm not criticising anyone for their opinions - after all, I've said above that I don't think this sentence is fine.

And why don't you start a petition to suggest sentences by revised to reflect justice in that case?

Why don't you? Genuine question: if you're outraged by the sentence in this case, aren't you equally outraged by the similar sentences passed in similar cases?

I think one of the reason's this particular case has caught everyone's attention is because a lot of child abuse by the rich and powerful has come to light. It was covered up for decades and it seems in some cases the cover-ups are still happening. In some cases it is being claimed that pedophile rings involving the elite and powerful are conspiracy theories. There is a lot of evidence from all over Europe that children in care are involved in pedophile rings. The victims again and again disclose well known names, or high position names that are hushed up, told are fabrications of the victims disturbed minds or dead Jimmy Saville, perfect example. It has made a lot of people very angry and very naturally suspicious. Pedophiles are dangerous, pedophiles with money and connections are twice as dangerous.