I thought justice was meant to be BLIND!

"Victims could be allowed a say in the way criminals are punished in court – but only if they call for leniency rather than harsh sentencing.
For the first time, magistrates and judges could be ordered to listen to victims – or bereaved relatives – and be guided by their views on how an offender should best be punished.
But, crucially, only messages of forgiveness would be taken into consideration."

From the point of view of justice, this is morally appalling.
It is absolutely beyond the pale that two criminals with identical crimes and similar records should be sentenced differently, no matter whether this is moving up or down the sentencing scale.


LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1033440/Victims-WILL-say-punishment-But-ask-lenient-sentence.html