What Justice?

The media reports that burglars face harsher sentences if their victims suffer trauma after being burgled whilst they are in their homes and could face up to six years in jail. Now that sounds all well and good but we have Kenneth Clarke saying that he was going to release prisoners from prison because we are sending to many to jail, for minor or trivial offences. Who decides what are minor or trivial offences? A total of 17,387 burglars were  sentenced in 2009. 265 were sentenced for aggravated burglary, 9,670 for domestic burglary and 7,452 for non-domestic burglary. How may of these went to jail and for how long? On a slightly different vain  its reported that Barry George the man accused and as it turned out wrongfully for the murder of Jill Dando, is claiming up to £500,000 for his wrongful eight years in jail. That  is £62,500 for each year of his incarceration. I believe that people wrongfully convicted should be compensated but surly it should be commensurate with their yearly salary. If they are unemployed and have been for years before their incarceration then they shouldn't receive anything like that, but they should receive something in line with their unemployment money for the time that they have been incarcerated. This lump sum could be enhanced with a bonus they would have received if the money had been invested for the length of time of their incarceration. This would surely be a more logical step, although I agree that no amount of money can compensate  for the years spent in jail.