So?
In my country for that crime you get maximum one year.
Six months of which of public service in a volunteers' facility.
In my country you cannot give the same amounts of years we usually give to second-degree murderers.
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Same crime, same punishment
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In my country for that crime you get maximum one year.
Six months of which of public service in a volunteers' facility.
In my country you cannot give the same amounts of years we usually give to second-degree murderers.
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McBell
Admiral Obvious
What country is that?
Where threatening the life of a group pf children at a birthday party is only a year punishment?
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
They don't. You did not read the article that you linked, or at least it looks that way. Here is what you missed, see if you can think of a reason why they got such a severe sentence:
“Torres, who had retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle, pointed his shotgun at the group of African American party-goers and stated he was going to kill them while his co-defendants stated that ‘the little ones can get one too,’ referring to the young children at the party,” the statement said.
That would be nice, but the reality is that the complexities of the legal system and the factors that play into sentencing require some level of legal expertise to understand and argue before a judge. And when one side has a better argument than the other, based on better preparation and so on, it's probably going to win. That's just the nature of the beast in a system where two sides argue agaihst each other in a court.
McBell
Admiral Obvious
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We Never Know
No Slack
Its also known as money talks and BS walks.
Already replied.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
There is also redundancy for the same crime.
Two applicable laws with fines for one crime makes more money than one law with a fine for one crime.
Two applicable laws for the same crime keeps a person in longer as a prison slave than one law for one crime as a prison slave.
Okay. If you think of a better way, you should talk to some local lawyers and judges about it. I'd be fascinated to know what they say.
And aggravating circumstances.
That's unacceptable, I am sorry.
So in the United States of America it's all about the lawyer's prestige?
Now I understand why OJ Simpson got away with murder.
McBell
Admiral Obvious
It was because the prosecutor failed to show he was involved in the murder.
Which has nothing to do with the judge.
We Never Know
No Slack
Have you ever thought about how many people are in prison only because they are poor and how many are free only because they are rich?
It's the jury who decides.
The prosecutors demonstrated the motive, the blood footprints, etc...
Not "prestige" - quality of argument.
You have a very black and white way of seeing the world. Unfortunately, reality is complicated and nuanced. I realize you may not like that, but it's how it is.
