I'm not denying criminals their humanity. However, when it takes years to extradite criminals and individuals with terrorist leanings to face trial in their country of origin, then clearly there are failings which have been exploited. If Human rights legislation was fair and efficient, there may not be quite the public backlash against it that there has been. It's not the principle of human rights legislation, so much as the execution of it. I'm not suggesting kangaroo courts, summary executions or public amputations as practised in some countries. Legislation must be applied fairly to the criminal and victim. In recent years there has been a distinct bias towards the criminal. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]
Your replies have good comments with the exception of criminals and victims, which I think the victims should have more rights than the criminals. My wife was a prison officer for 16years and it would open peoples eyes if they saw the soft treatment they are given and in no way does it put them off doing the crime again. Once they are sentenced all there rights should be removed. Most of the ones that rally for there rights do not live among them.The crimes that are publicized are only but a few and if people knew the amount of bad people and types of crimes that are carried out and not put in papers then they too would be worried about the rights they have.