Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
The point is, there have been several documented cases where a judge was required by the law to issue a sentence far worse than he actually thought applicable.
Perhaps - though most seem to be urban legends - but there are far more cases where judges hand out ludicrously lenient sentences.

The fears about this law seem valid though: just three months ago, a teenager was arrested here in Scotland - for posting a bad-taste joke on Twitter. IMO, when a bad joke is a "crime", the law is defective.