Canberra's newest magistrate 'delighted and deeply grateful' to be joining the bench

Seano or should I say Shaneo (you sound like rattenbury)… easy to say when your house hasn’t been entered and robbed while you sleep by degenerates on bail. Easy to say when a loved one hasn’t died because bail was granted. Need I continue? Do you understand where the resentment comes from?

It’s got nothing to do with Rattenbury and it’s a sign of a weak argument that that’s where you start.

The fact is the cycle of crime is usually worsened by prison. There is a tonne of evidence for this.

And I complete agree that people have been the victims of crime have the right to be upset. But much of the commentary on here is the usual reactionaries who aren’t interested in solutions that lessen crime and result in fewer victims of crime as a result.

You allude to the ideals of restorative justice and rehabilitation as opposed to incarceration. But where are the services? Where is the funding? As our population has grown, our police force has not. Someones idea that catching criminals increases the stats on crime and doesn’t rehabilitate. You would think that extra funding to law enforcement might be diverted to rehabilatative services but I can’t find any evidence of this. Instead of trying to defend our magistrates, point people in the direction of those truly responsible. The beautocrats that refuse to build a community sector capable of intervening and rehabilitating.

A fair comment but you’re asking for a depth of response and analysis seemingly not required of the “lock em up” crowd who have universally and incorrectly assumed that incarnation is the solution rather than a cause.

These same people would also be apoplectic at any suggestion of better funding for restorative justice services.

But I am happy to point out flawed logic and defend the magistrates because they’re by and large doing a difficult, important, necessary and good job regardless of funding issues and despite the selective outrage over incompletely understood and/or cherry picked cases.

if pointing out flawed logic causes someone to think more deeply then great, if not well it’s not my job to hold the hands of the dim.

Any proof of this claim?

Um, the simple fact that alot of people getting arrested on many occasions are reportedly already on bail, strict conditions etc.

Opinion is not fact nor proof.