On 27/02/2009, Steve Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Your attitude mirrors most British people who still harbour the foolish idea > that their judicial system is 'the best in the world' Like our police, our > cars, our TV etc etc. Actually it's among the very worst systems - and > mainly because it isn't expedient enough. British and US people always feel > the overarching need to punish the offender.
Lots of snipped wise words from Steve. But there is a difference between the UK and the US. As the former DPP chief said the other day we never or rarely prosecute very rich people for financial crime. At least in the US they put the Enron bosses in jail. We let them sponsor our cricket. -- Nigel Stanley
