On March 7, 2009, the Daily Mail announced that under new proposals by the UK Government, serial teenage burglars and muggers could escape with a police caution if they had a drug habit.On July 7, 2009, the Daily Mail reported that almost 1,000 criminals, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, who should have been returned to jail for breaking terms of early release or after committing new offences were at large because police forces had failed to track them down.
On August 1, 2009, the Daily Mail said criminals on probation were committing one murder and one rape every week.
On August 22, 2009, the Daily Mail said teenage muggers and burglars could escape jail by carrying out as little as 10 minutes of community service a week.
On October 27, 2009, the Daily Mail reported that criminals released from custody supposedly under strict supervision committed 48 serious offences in a year, including murder and rape.
On November 9, 2009, the Daily Mail said that in one year almost 39,000 people were given a police caution for assault causing actual bodily harm and 739 a caution for causing grievous bodily harm.
On November 16, 2009, the Daily Mail said murderers and sex attackers were being allowed to sleep at home during their jail sentences, apparently because of a lack of prison places.
On November 23, 2009, the Daily Mail reported that of 5.2 million crimes reported to police in a year, around 1.7 million had not been investigated.
On November 30, 2009, the Daily Mail said that almost 200 prisoners, including murderers and sex offenders, had been released by mistake at the rate of one every week.
On December 23, 2009, according to the Daily Mail, serial offenders were being given as many as nine or ten police cautions in a year rather than being taken to court.
Assuming these facts are correct, is it any wonder that Britain is in the state that it is?
