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[Speicher]

Fairly naughty for 300 hours I think as it's top of scale.

Yes, that is what I thought. I will be giving the person a very very wide berth, I think.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Fairly naughty for 300 hours I think as it's top of scale.

Or a good lawyer at bargaining to keep somebody out of jail, for none violent offence

 

[Speicher]

Or a good lawyer at bargaining to keep somebody out of jail, for none violent offence

I had wondered if violence was involved. Many decades ago I knew someone who got 100 hours or thereabouts for fraudulent activity.

Keeping someone out of jail for a first, non-violent offence would be preferable to them being in close proximity to hardened (allegedly) criminals. (Imo)

 

[Andy in Germany]

I had wondered if violence was involved. Many decades ago I knew someone who got 100 hours or thereabouts for fraudulent activity.

Keeping someone out of jail for a first, non-violent offence would be preferable to them being in close proximity to hardened (allegedly) criminals. (Imo)

I've got someone here with several hundred for a non-violent offence, but we have a different system here. It could be something as simple as posession of cannabis, which becomes "suspected dealing" above a certain amount where it is dealing or not.

 

[Gravity Aided]

You know some fairly interesting people, @Speicher .

I sometimes get the people in the bike co-op, sent by the court, but only low hours for minor offenses.
Although I have been saying for years we should have more community service and less jail time. Community service saves the county money. Jail costs the county money.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I've got someone here with several huindred for a non-violent offence, but we have a different system here. It could be something as simple as posession of cannabis, which becomes "suspected dealing" above a certain amount where it is dealing or not.

Same here, after January. I think it's 30 grams of flower, 500 grams of infused product. Non Illinois residents can have half as much..

Any cannabis possession now is illegal.

 

[Andy in Germany]

You know some fairly interesting people, @Speicher .

I sometimes get the people in the bike co-op, sent by the court, but only low hours for minor offenses.
Although I have been saying for years we should have more community service and less jail time. Community service saves the county money. Jail costs the county money.

With the added advantage we can try and help them get out of the habits or trajectory that got them in trouble in the first place. We have access to debt counselling, housing assistance, addiction therapy and other helpful things that are harder to take up when in prison.

Any sentence here below one year is automatically made into community service or a suspended sentence.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That's very practical.

 

[Andy in Germany]

That's very practical.

Yup. And more effective, and as you say, cheaper.

Of course the "Hang 'em all" types don't like it, but there you go...

 

[Illaveago]

We have just come back from Weymouth. We thought my cough might like a few days at the seaside . It eased off for a day and then came back with a vengance !
The weather peeps kept telling us that the weather would be awful so we believed them . The first evening was nice and sunny but we were tired after our busy weekend and the drive down . Tuesday was grey to begin with so we went in to Weymouth to do some shopping . Charity shops! I bought some CD's and The Italian Job DVD , which we watched in the evening.
Wednesday was delayed due to watching the D Day programme. What I found interesting was that they mentioned that there were some caissons from the Mulberry harbour at Portland . I tried to see if I could see them from where we were staying using my binoculars as we had a view of the harbour . I could see something which looked like 2 large concrete structures against the background of buildings . I planned to try to locate them on Thursday .
Thursday didn't go according to plan. Heavy showers first thing soon disappeared so our visit to the Weymouth market and boot sale was all set . We arrived to an empty car park ! We later discovered that the Council have raised the charges, so it isn't viable for trader's any more and so they don't .
Ah! Never mind we will go and visit the antique arcade in the old harbour area. We wandered aound trying to locate it but couldn't ! We were sure it was there somewhere ! We popped into the museum to ask. It was there 8 weeks ago but it is now being re developed !
We set off for Portland ! On the way we discovered a D Day Museum so we went to visit that . A very interesting small friendly museum which lets you sit on and play with some of the exhibits . I climbed onto a Bofors gun and cranked it around, I then went and sat in the other seat which raised or lowered the gun barrel. I asked about the caissons and discovered that they could be seen from inside the museum sat in the harbour. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they were what I had seen from the other side of Weymouth . We were told that they were brought back from France after the war as they could be re-floated. The ones which couldn't remained .
On the way back we stopped off at Chesil beach .

 

[alicat]

Whoops, I seem to have gained two jobs again.

 

[Reynard]

Overcast, and blustery here chez Casa Reynard. No as yet, however.

Been following coverage of the Senior TT this morning.

It's definitely a day for soup @mybike

 

[Lullabelle]

 

[Reynard]

here now too.

Madam Lexi insisted on going out. I now have a very soggy moggy who keeps insisting that it's *my* fault.

 

[Reynard]

When the reality was he'd got 'Eggswina' bent over the desk.

That was only revealed quite some time later...