Islamic justice begins in Scotland?

Killers to pay for victims' funerals

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5776333.ece

That is an excellent idea and, if I may say so, rather Islamic. The idea of restorative justice through "blood money" - of victim compensation by the perpetrator - would be fairer than small awards from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qisas

Choosing to pursue someone through the civil courts for compensation - where the burden of proof is lower - has been done before. The O J Simpson case comes to mind.

I do not myself see why other taxpayers should compensate the victim for a crime when they were not at fault.

Can someone explain to me why the current system is supposed to be better than making the wrongdoer himself personally compensate the victim?

If someone cannot adequately compensate a victim, then that might be a good reason for bringing back slavery. This would also solve the problem of obtaining cheap indigenous labour.

As Britain bobs uncertainly in a sea of bankruptcy, there is actually a huge potential of slave labour which could be humanely harnessed - with the possibility of manumission

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manumission

once they have paid off their debt - for the good of the nation ...