Michael Ejercito wrote:
> HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>> Michael Ejercito wrote:
>>
>>>https://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/1djd0us/we_need_covid_fine_amnesty_says_exjustice/
>>>
>>>
>>>‘Convictions for breaking Covid rules should be overturned’
>>>Sir Robert Buckland, the former justice secretary who oversaw courts
>>>during pandemic, calls for amnesty for more than 29,000 people fined
>>>Charles Hymas,
>>>HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR
>>>and
>>>Ben Butcher,
>>>DATA EDITOR
>>>18 June 2024 • 8:02pm
>>>
>>>Sir Robert Buckland
>>>Sir Robert Buckland said those fined by the courts should have their
>>>'slates wiped clean' CREDIT: Eddie Mulholland For The Telegraph
>>>The justice secretary who oversaw the courts during the pandemic has
>>>called for an amnesty for the more than 29,000 people given criminal
>>>convictions for breaking Covid rules.
>>>Sir Robert Buckland said the 29,383 people fined by the courts should
>>>have their “slates wiped clean” rather than risk their career prospects
>>>being hampered by convictions handed out at an “exceptional time”.
>>>Sir Robert’s call has been backed by two former Cabinet ministers and
>>>charities while a source close to Alex Chalk, the current Justice
>>>Secretary, said he was also sympathetic to the idea of wiping the slate
>>>clean.
>>>Magistrates fined people for breaking Covid restrictions, resulting in
>>>criminal convictions that could bar them from working as teachers,
>>>social workers or police officers.
>>>Police can pass on these details to potential employers if they are
>>>deemed “relevant” for criminal background checks for sensitive jobs
>>>where applicants deal with vulnerable people or children.
>>>People are also required to declare any criminal convictions when
>>>applying for visas to visit countries like the US and Canada, both of
>>>which reserve the right to permanently ban anyone who fails to reveal one.
>>>Offences including attending gatherings, leaving home during lockdowns
>>>and failing to wear face coverings resulted in fines, with three
>>>quarters of those handed out between 2020 and 2023 going to people under
>>>the age of 40.
>>>Should Covid rule-breaking convictions stay on people's records?
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, records should be 'wiped clean'
>>>
>>>
>>>No, convictions should stay
>>>Total votes: 64
>>>Sir Robert, who was justice secretary from July 2019 to September 2021,
>>>said any background criminal checks should focus on those who might be a
>>>threat to public safety, rather than people fined in the “exceptional
>>>circumstances” of a pandemic.
>>>He said: “It is not proportionate or necessary at a time when we want to
>>>encourage and support as many people back to work as possible. If it is
>>>not being recorded in the usual way as a previous conviction, I would
>>>wipe the slate clean.”
>>>Sir Robert is among three former Cabinet ministers and charities
>>>demanding an amnesty following the Government’s previous assurances that
>>>Covid fines were not intended to criminalise large numbers of people.
>>>‘A shameful disgrace’
>>>Sir David Davis, a former cabinet minister, said all but the most
>>>egregious breaches should be “obliterated” from the record. He said:
>>>“Much of the Covid regulation was heavy handed, unnecessary and
>>>penalised people wrongly. For this to turn into a lifetime penalty is a
>>>shameful disgrace and we should correct it as soon as possible.”
>>>Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, said: “It is time
>>>for an amnesty on Covid fines which were an unnecessarily draconian
>>>measure at the time but with hindsight look entirely disproportionate.”
>>>Penelope Gibbs, director of charity Transform Justice, said: “The Covid
>>>laws were enacted too hastily, poorly drafted and badly explained. So
>>>people often broke the law unwittingly and had no right to free legal
>>>advice if they were prosecuted.
>>>“Many of those fined now have criminal convictions which could harm
>>>their job chances for years to come. We should have an amnesty that
>>>wipes the slate clean of all these Covid offences.”
>>>Among those landed with convictions were an 18-year-old student who
>>>attended a party during a lockdown, a 35-year-old man who hosted family
>>>members on New Year’s Eve and a 72-year-old woman who travelled back
>>>from Kenya without evidence of a negative Covid test.
>>>Fines issued worth £26m
>>>Ministry of Justice data shows the 29,000 fines of up to £10,000 issued
>>>by magistrates totalled £26 million, which was higher than for any other
>>>type of crime since the start of the pandemic apart from motoring
>>>offences and TV licence evasion.
>>>People in their 30s accounted for the largest amount of fines at £6.9
>>>million, although those aged 20 or below paid out £3.3 million. Almost
>>>half of the fines, £12.4 million, were raised by just five forces: the
>>>Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and
>>>South Wales.
>>>The court-issued sanctions come on top of at least £8.2 million that
>>>people paid after being handed fixed penalty notices (FPNs) by police,
>>>an alternative to prosecution.
>>>Those issued by magistrates are deemed criminal convictions and comprise
>>>people prosecuted after failing to pay or contesting their initial FPNs.
>>>The MoJ says they should not be recorded on the Police National Computer
>>>(PNC) and do not result in a criminal record.
>>>Despite this, at least 3,000 Covid convictions have been logged on the
>>>PNC, meaning the offender has a criminal record. Police can also hold
>>>records of the convictions locally and on the Police National Database
>>>(PND), a separate system.
>>>While they are not automatically included in vetting procedures by the
>>>Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), police can include any Covid
>>>convictions in “enhanced” DBS checks on applicants for sensitive jobs if
>>>they deem them “relevant to the job for which the person is applying”.
>>>The Home Office believes it is unlikely Covid fines would be included on
>>>enhanced DBS checks, while an individual could appeal their inclusion to
>>>an independent monitor.
>>>It said that if a Covid conviction was included on a check, it would not
>>>automatically bar an individual from a specific job and would be
>>>considered by the prospective employer.
>>>Sir Charles Walker, chair of the Commons Administration Committee until
>>>Parliament’s dissolution, said it was “incumbent” on the next parliament
>>>to come up with a remedy to the potential criminalisation of people who
>>>breached the Covid rules. “The idea that anybody with a Covid fine is a
>>>serial lawbreaker is utter nonsense,” he said.
>>>“The law was changing almost hourly and it was very difficult for people
>>>to keep up with those complex changes. While ignorance is no defence, it
>>>was always possible to fall foul of them. It would be ridiculous if it
>>>prevented people from travelling overseas on business or on holiday.”
>>>Jo Easton, chief executive of Unlock, a charity that campaigns against
>>>the stigma of criminal records, said there was a lack of transparency
>>>about police forces’ DBS checks. “It’s a complete black hole. We would
>>>like a lot more transparency about what different police forces include
>>>and what they don’t,” she said.
>>
>>In the interim, we are 100% prepared/protected in the "full armor of
>>GOD" (Ephesians 6:11) which we put on as soon as we use Apostle Paul's
>>secret (Philippians 4:12). Though masking is less protective, it helps
>>us avoid the appearance of doing the evil of spreading airborne
>>pathogens while there are people getting sick because of not being
>>100% protected. It is written that we're to "abstain from **all**
>>appearance of doing evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22 w/**emphasis**).
>>
>>Meanwhile, the only *perfect* (Matt 5:47-8 ) way to eradicate the
>>COVID-19 virus, thereby saving lives, in the UK & elsewhere is by
>>rapidly (i.e. use the "Rapid COVID-19 Test" ) finding out at any given
>>moment, including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly
>>contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to
>>"convince it forward" (John 15:12) for them to call their doctor and
>>self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic.
>>Thus, we're hoping for the best while preparing for the worse-case
>>scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron,
>>Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations
>>combining via slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like "Deltamicron"
>>that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no
>>longer effective.
>>
>>Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry (
>>https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/6ZoE95d-VKc/m/14vVZoyOBgAJ
>>) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
>>
>>So how are you ?
>
> I am wonderfully hungry!

While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, are rapture ready (Luke
17:37 means no COVID just as eagles circling over their food have no
COVID) and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6)
Father in Heaven continues to give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy
Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so that we'd have much more of His Help to
always say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways
including especially caring to "convince it forward" (John 15:12) with
all glory (Psalm112:1) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.

Laus DEO !