Whilst I agree with the majority of posts in this thread that if you commit crime you should be punished and time in prison should not be an easy time. I do feel that there should be a procedure to try and re educate prisoners so that they have the opportunity to become contributing members of society. I agree with Mrsvic that people should be held accountable for their actions and the days of blaming alcohol and the likes should not be allowed as an excuse in a court of law. Nobody forces anybody to get drunk and act in a violent and aggressive manner. Far to many wrong things have become acceptable these days, did the law change or have we all gone soft? I had the misfortune to be at the local hospital yesterday (Leicester) not for myself but with someone else, whilst I sat in the waiting room the nurse kept calling a name out as this person was obviously waiting to be seen by the doctor but there was no answer, he turned up about twenty minutes later demanding why he had not been seen yet and when told they had been calling his name out for the last twenty minutes he made some flimsy excuse. This is not a crime but its the start as his attitude was, I will do as I like when I like, no respect for others. Another person I observed yesterday at the hospital, a young lady with mobile phone having a conversation over the phone, theres big bliddy noticed everywhere that say's switch off mobile phones whilst on the premises, again I don't suppose that its a crime but these people are ill educated and have no respect for others, my remark on ill educated is not in any way directed at teachers or schools because I would imagine that half of these people never bothered to turn up at school anyway and developed the Ill do what I want when I want attitude at an early age. Government after government have played the law and order card at election time but not one have delivered.