Did this act warrant a jail sentence? See link inside.

Basically, a university student has been jailed for tweeting offensive messages about a footballer who had just collapsed after a cardiac arrest during a game. Now, whilst I don’t condone racism in any form and think this lad is quite clearly a total prat, I can’t help feeling that a jail sentence (56 days) seems really extreme.

Here is the story. Do you think a jail sentence is the perfect punishment for this tool or do you think it is a waste of tax payers money?

I am on the fence here. Whilst I am pleased to see that racism is being punished in some way and it’s good for people to realise that we are not anonymous on social networking sites I am also left wondering why this deserved a jail sentence and yet the guy that murdered Trayvon Martin recently hasn’t even been arrested. I know these two examples of racism happened in different countries but still, do we have our priorities straight when it comes to bringing people to justice?