I'm sick of seeing kids from round here getting locked up for minor stuff while city folk get off scot-free for worse crimes. It's like the system's stacked against us, no understanding of how things work in rural areas. I've seen lads get done for sheep rustling when it was just a mistake, no intent to steal, and they end up with a record.
The thing is, we need more community-based justice, not just some judge in a city court who's never set foot on a farm. We should be looking at restorative justice, get the perpetrator to make amends to the victim, that's how it used to work round here. It's not about being soft on crime, it's about being smart, and understanding that sometimes people make mistakes, and they can learn from them.
What I'd change is have more local control over justice, maybe even some sort of community court, where people who know the area and the people can make decisions.
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It's cases like that which make me think local control over justice isn't such a bad idea, at least the people making the decisions would know the area and the people involved, it's not just some faceless judge in a city. Enough is enough, we need a system that works for everyone, not just city folk.