The legal system needs to be overhauled so that it can effectively deal with racially motivated crime, according to a new report.
The "Combating Racism and Xenophobia through the Criminal Law" report also calls on judges to impose tougher sentences on those who commit racist crimes.
The study's authors, Jennifer Schweppe and Dermot Walsh of the Centre for Criminal Justice, University of Limerick, said that current law is not wholly suitable for dealing with racism.
The report said the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 should be updated to include racism on the internet. It also called for Public Order and Offences against the Person Acts to be used as a means of prosecuting racist incidents.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1218/breaking51.htm
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I wonder what exactly will qualify as racism, immigrants stealing Irish jobs perhaps.
There's nothing radical about protecting and preserving what's yours.
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