Same crime, same punishment

[metis]

IMO punishments shouldn't vary so widely.
Example..
1. Joe gets busted with some pot. $300 fine
2. Bob gets busted with the same amount of pot, 3 years DOC

If the crimes are the same, IMO the sentence should be the same too.

Thoughts?

Edit.... BOTH are first time offenders.

I wish "Justice Is Blind" were to be true, but it ain't.

A 20-year-old I know got arrested for a d.u.i., was found guilty, and was immediately taken to jail for 30 days. Steven Bannon was arrested, tried, found guilty, and hasn't seen even one day of prison time after a few months.

It's a BS system that favors the wealthy and the powerful.

 

[Estro Felino]

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.

I understand what you mean.

But a judge should judge on the basis of the evidence...not on the basis of what the lawyer makes up to make his client look like a saint.

 

[McBell]

It's the jury who decides.
The prosecutors demonstrated the motive, the blood footprints, etc...

Which STILL has nothing to do with the judge...

 

[Left Coast]

I rely on this evident difference. We trust in the law, not in God.

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I suspect Italy is not the utopia you present it to be. But which slogan we hang on the wall has nothing to do with it.

 

[Estro Felino]

I wish "Justice Is Blind" were to be true, but it ain't.

A 20-year-old I know got arrested for a d.u.i., was found guilty, and was immediately taken to jail for 30 days. Steven Bannon was arrested, tried, found guilty, and hasn't seen even one day of prison time after a few months.

It's a BS system that favors the wealthy and the powerful.

...not to mention Trump.

 

[Left Coast]

I understand what you mean.

But a judge should judge on the basis of the evidence...not on the basis of what the lawyer makes up to make his client look like a saint.

Evidence has to be presented. That is the responsibility of each side of the case. The judge evaluates the evidence they see.

 

[Estro Felino]

I suspect Italy is not the utopia you present it to be. But which slogan we hang on the wall has nothing to do with it.

Honestly I have never seen the motto "The law is equal for all" anywhere in the US.

It's normal. It's a concept from the French Revolution.

 

[Left Coast]

Honestly I have never seen the motto "The law equal is for all" anywhere in the US.

More black and white thinking. Some motto doesn't have to be written exactly the way you want and put on the wall.

Google "Equal Protection Clause."

 

[Estro Felino]

More black and white thinking. Some motto doesn't have to be written exactly the way you want and put on the wall.

Google "Equal Protection Clause."

I had forgotten the 14th amendment...which is about state law, by the way

 

[We Never Know]

That's not a reply to what I said, but okay.

I already gave a better way... 'Same crime same punishment' but money talks and BS walks won't let that happen.

 

[Left Coast]

I already gave a better way... 'Same crime same punishment' but money talks and BS walks won't let that happen.

Yes, you gave an outcome you'd like to see. The way that actually would happen in reality is vastly more complex than one slogan or sentence.