That is why Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill asked for an audit of community services to get a clear picture of where we are in meeting our targets for getting offenders started on - and completing - theirpunishments.
Richards and Brennan had been cleared by a disciplinary committee last month but received theirpunishmentson Monday after ERC's own disciplinary officer, Roger O'Connor, contested the original decision.
But the right-wing Swiss People's Party struck a chord by telling voters that there was still a binary choice: either they would be subjected to misogynism and cruel punishments in the name of Islam, or else their existing culture, based on liberal Christianity, would prevail.