Criminal Appeals Increase of Sentence

[modeller]

Nowadays it appears just about everyone who is convicted says they intend to appeal at great expense to the taxpayer. Should those who do and then lose their appeal automatically have their sentence increased ?

[Everhelpful]

Yes.

[anotheoldgit]

There should be more appeals allowed on behalf of the victims, when a criminal gets off too lightly.

[TCL-MUMPING]

How many folk are convicted, how many appeal and how many folk lose?

[rojash]

We already had the ludicrous situation where wrongly-convicted innocent people served longer terms than the guilty, because without admitting guilt, they could not get parole. There have been many cases where it's taken a number of appeals before a miscarriage of justice is corrected, an innocent person is finally freed, and awarded compensation.

Under the wonderful scheme proposed by modeller, each time an innocent person's appeal failed, their sentence would be extended, and consequently the compensation paid when they finally got justice would increase as well. Brilliant idea.

[modeller]

Did I propose it rojash ? The term ' should those ' was a question not necessarally my view of the any action.
I noticed the emphasise that you placed on the innocent rather than the guilty despite the fact that the great majority of those convicted are rightly sentenced for their crime. Murderers, Acts of Violence , High level crime involving £ Millions , are examples which almost always it ends up in the expensive court of appeal costing them little and costing the rest of us a great deal. As well as delaying justice to the victims.

[modeller]

With regards to your question TCL the figures I have seen are that of all those who actually get to the court of appeal only 3% are successful and usually on a technicality.

[Quinlad]

AOG, I think you're mistaking civil and criminal cases. In a criminal prosecution, it is the crown versus the defendant. He's being tried for an offence which breaches the laws that bind the whole of the country. In effect, society is the victim. A criminal case is not a mechanism for the victim to seek payback.

(They can sue in a civil court and seek damages if that's what they want.)