Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Perverting The Course Of Justice.

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A driver who advertised on Facebook for a volunteer to take his speeding penalty points has been jailed.
Scott Woodburn, 32, paid Daniel Baggaley, 26, £250 to admit his speeding offence so he could escape being banned from driving, Highway officials said today.
South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership said his five-month sentence given to him last month 'will send a warning to anyone who would consider anything so irresponsible'.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2258576/Facebook-user-jailed-advertising-volunteers-speeding-penalty-points.html#ixzz2HMBNXOyQ
A stretch of road I regularly use and to me, the punishment is perfectly appropriate. The problem arises because, how does this disposal compare to sentences imposed on the many violent people and the burglars who are not jailed?

Ancient Philippi.

Philippi. An important city in the Roman and early Christian period, Philippi exists today only as an archaeological site. The impressive re...