Madam, - Tom Cooper (July 9th) argues that judges should comply with parliament's will and enforce mandatory sentences. The judiciary argue that eliminating judicial discretion violates key principles in justice. Solution: Increase the the "mandatory" sentence to 30 years and allow the judges discretion to a limit of 50 per cent? - Yours, etc,
JOHN GRIFFIN, Bloomsbury, Kells, Co Meath.