Well two recent stories going on at the same time on BBC news right now got me thinking, I've noticed the first one for a long time now but the second was a surprise.

I'm going to use this recent MURDER, as an example: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

Basically a 16yr old boy drowned because he got into an argument with three thugs. They accused him of stealing a friend bike or something, which right now seems he hadn't done. As a punishment they threw him into a small lake(clay pit filled with rain water), he wasn't a good swimmer and when he tried to climb out of the lake they used stick to poke him and force him back in, they also threw rocks at him while he was struggling to stay above water. After the short time he was out of his depth he drowned. The murders said that they didn't mean for him to die, yet they continued to harass him and prevent him getting out of the lake when he was clearly struggling to stay above water, so they killed him.

They were sentences to 5 years in jail on a manslaughter charge, asd i said above it seems pretty obvious to me they knew what would happen. Even the idiotic pathetic yobs that are plaguing the UK right now should be able to work out:

Kid drowning+ not letting him out of water+throwing rocks at him= dead kid

I think the length of prison sentences in the UK are pathetic, as a family member of the boy said "I've seen burglars get higher sentences". The thing is, even if they didn't mean to kill him, just hurt bad badly, they took a life. Five years for taking a life in that way is a puny charge.

On top of this is the recent news about incredibly "comfy" prisons in the UK. The fact that each prisoner has a TV, with digital channels, breakfast in bed and has easy access to drugs and even prostitutes being snook in.

The recent news story told of a drug dealer who used a normal ladder to climb the small wooden fence, walked across the prison courtyard with no one questioning him, went up to a prisoners cell window and gave him drugs, contraband, a mobile and some other luxuries. The prisoners had a chance to escape with him but they actually turned it down saying " It's really comfy in here".

This prison system is a joke, low sentences, nice places to carry out your jail time. I'm not surprised prisoners don't want to leave, in fact it's pretty cool if you do go and kill someone. Four-five years in jail, maybe less if i say it was an accident or i didn't mean it, 3 meals a day( more money is spent on prisoners meals then on NHS( hospital) meals), TV with a digi box, easy access to my mobile, drugs if i want them, other luxuries etc.

I bet it's not like this in America, can someone explain the differences please. This seems like more of a rant in a way, i guess it is. But i just want discussion on the way our legal system is heading, here and in other countries, if you have similar problems.