My belief is that our legal system needs an overhaul. As a youth support worker, I see many young people getting hefty fines for offences that are more silly than dangerous, while dangerous actions get lighter fines. For example: a young person ( 2months under 18yrs)walking the street in possession of alcohol but not misbehaving got a fine for $247.00. A drink driver in the same court got a fine for $120.00. Where is the fairness in that? One could have killed or maimed people andd the other was just being a typical young person and not at risk to anyone but himself?
I dont condone underage drinking but am a realist about its occurence. How can the judsge decide the youth required more of a penalty than the adult?just doesnt sound anywhere near like justice to me.