In qld on the news tonight Max Sica ( killed 3 siblings with a hammer - one of which was a girlfriend, the rest witnesses) got 35 years for their murder which is the largest sentance handed down in queensland. They made a big thing about it in the news. WTF? 35 years for murdering a whole family. I wold have thought jail for the rest of his life would be more appropriate. If it was the US he would have got 150 years if it wasn't a death penalty state.
I cannot understand how someone can commit such a heinous crime and only get 35 years. Gordan Nuttal had a weak moment and pinched some cash (govt minister) Which most of us can sympathise with, and he got nearly the same sentance.
Which is worse? Stealing some cash from your employer because you have financial problems/ had a brain fart (there is some duty of care from the employer to remove temptation to steal when handling large sums of cash) , or murdering a family's 3 children with a hammer and then hiding the evidence and lying for nine years
Yeah, its pretty sad that people stealing money seem to get a similar sentence to someone taking a life.. it shows what a lot of people think of the value of a life. 
Murder carries a mandatory life sentence in Qld.
His minimum parole term is 35 years, the longest ever handed out in Qld.
I don't understand why he has a hot girlfriend and she claims she's sticking by her man!
It should be - murder 1 person (possibly a 'brain-fart' or crime of passion) and a life sentence (20-35yrs) in prison with rehab...commit a second murder and it should be lethal injection imo. There's no 'reasonable' excuse for committing such a horrendous crime twice!
Say, Gunna - looks like this guy drew out the system himself!
"...said that his client was genuinely remorseful, that he had been punished enough, that he had to endure distressing delays, and that in pleading guilty he had saved the state the expense of a third trial.
Judge Mark Marien interrupted, pointing out that the defence challenged for days the allegation that the pistol was in the hand of the accused at the relevant time. Courtney got another five months of jail time.
What we as viewers saw was what the jury didn't see. This would have really opened a lot of eyes to the way criminal justice functions and possibly explains why there is such resistance by judicial authorities to cameras in the courts."
www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-verdict-of-eye-opening-on-court-reality-show-20110609-1futw.html
OK... it appears that all of the professional witnesses and such 'mollycoddle' the system by arguing a point of law - so many points of law, actually. It's OK to rant, but then there is the application of the torts or technicalities. It is these things that keep us a civil society, by-and-large, surely?
