We Can No Longer Protect the Public ; Sheriff Warns Automatic Release Scheme Puts Violent Thugs Back On the Streets
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SCOTLAND'S courts can no longer protect the public from violent criminals, the country's top sheriff warned last night.
The president of the Sheriffs' Association complained that courts were sending offenders to jail only to see them released automatically by the prison system.See the full content of this document
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We Can No Longer Protect the Public ; Sheriff Warns Automatic Release Scheme Puts Violent Thugs Back On the Streets
His comments came after a dangerous youth who had a string of previous convictions and a history of breaching tagging orders was freed early to serve his sentence at home under a controversial curfew scheme.
Sheriff Robert Dickson claimed that, despite having been jailed to protect the public, the t...See the full content of this document
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