Ted, over here in Ireland, a few years ago, a judge made a statement in court. He basically said he did not consider burgulary a crime serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence. Also since the good old EU came into being, human rights (of terrorists or criminals only mind) are paramount. In dublin recently the police unearthed a muslim extremist who was involved with the lunacy in syria. The government wanted him deported, he appealed to the european court and won. They said deporting the man would infringe his human rights !
