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Some comments from Have Your Say to make you feel better.
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thre...402&#paginator
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Firstly - the Prison service doesn't have money to pay compensation. That comes out of mine and every other tax-payers pocket.
Second - what planet are these people on? Taking drugs is a criminal offense. So supplying drugs to criminals is also an offense. What next? Will habitual rapists sue for being deprived of their prey?
Someone really needs a reality-check here, not least of all any legal "professional" who accepts any cases like this.
Martin Hudson, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 10:32 GMT 10:32 UK
Does that mean victims can now start suing criminals for the abuse of their human rights?
Neil, Diss
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 10:34 GMT 10:34 UK
The human rights act should be dropped in its current form, as pretty much evrything and anything can be deemed as against human someones human rights.
Human rights should be basic, and only ensure good food, adequate comfortable accomidation, and no violence or torture and a right to a fair trial and legal help... nothing more
[peterlondon], croydon, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 11:55 GMT 11:55 UK
If a court upholds this case it will be an absolute disgrace and an injustice to all law abiding citizens. I think the prison service should make all addicts go cold turkey, maybe then they wouldn`t reoffend for drug money when they were released contiuing in their downward spiral, degrading everyone else`s lives. I certainly don`t want my taxes being handed out to drug addicts and criminals in this way!
Andrew More, London
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 10:35 GMT 10:35 UK
Lets think, you give a junky £10,000 compensation from our taxes, what do you think they will spend it on?
Duncan McDonald, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 10:30 GMT 10:30 UK
They gave up their rights when they broke the law.
The prisons have a duty of care, What were they suposed to do, give them drugs?
This country gets madder by the day....
So There, South of England, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 12:55 GMT 12:55 UK
So Human Rights strikes again!
I think I'll claim my Human Right that paying taxes is seriously affecting my right to a happy family life. Any solicitors out there prepared to represent ME on a no-win no-fee basis?
michelle, ashford
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 11:23 GMT 11:23 UK
Prison should be an absolute hell hole - to actually deter people from reoffending. Bread, water and a bucket should be all prisoners get - not games rooms, varied catering, gyms, TV and certainly not drugs. This nation needs to stop pandering to the "rights" of criminals and realise that the most important part of rehabilitation and changing behaviour is punsihment!
Mark, Nottingham
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 10:36 GMT 10:36 UK
If someone jumps off a building you don't blame the ground for hurting them. Prison is a consequence of their own actions. Cold turkey, while being unpleasant, is a further consequence of that. And in the end it will probably do them some good.
Simon Densley, London
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 11:53 GMT 11:53 UK
From the article:
"The claimants were bringing the action based on trespass, because they say they did not consent to the treatment, and for alleged clinical negligence."
Excuse me but I suspect that none of the people they mugged, robbed etc. consented to the treatment they got.
Steve Atty, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 11:24 GMT 11:24 UK
I hope the cold turkey method was particularly awful for them. I hope they got the cold shakes, the paranoia, the panic attacks, the sickness etc. Perhaps then they will realise that both drugs and crime do not pay!
[Weezie79], Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 11:53 GMT 11:53 UK
I blame the solicitors! This sort of legal aid work and percentage win fee is easy pickings for the multitude of solicitors who prey on this country.
Jenny Williams, Bury, United Kingdom
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 12:59 GMT 12:59 UK
No, I think the money would be better spent building more prisons...
Caspar, Cambridge
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 11:22 GMT 11:22 UK
Until someone takes the Government to court for breaching the human rights of the law abiding public (by pandering to criminals and the PC brigade), these crazy cases will only carry on.
Jim, St Albans
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Added: Monday, 13 November, 2006, 10:29 GMT 10:29 UK
I think all drug addict prisoners should be forced to go through cold turkey. It is not the duty of the prison service to provide them with drugs and it might act as an additional deterrant.
Stuart Paterson, Dunstable, United Kingdom
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