Guardian :: In Britain, the aftermath of the heavy police presence to enforce the law, and be seen to be enforcing it, is a kind of legal spectacle – hundreds of arrests, all-night sittings, and a parade of remands and convictions with levels of punishment often wildly out of proportion to the offence, or the circumstances of the offender – a college student sentenced to six months for stealing bottles of water worth £3.50; a nine-month referral order for an 14-year-old who stole a packet of chewing gum, and so on. Rules of evidence and proportionality seem to have been put aside to reassure the public that law and order has been restored.
Continue to read Roger Graef, www.guardian.co.uk
LNR, Liquid Newsroom, London.
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