• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    There’s a middle ground between life in prison and just a slap on the wrist

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        1 year ago

        People change. They get better. The guy who shot Reagan got better, and they let him out. Now he writes love songs and posts them on YouTube, and sells his paintings on eBay.

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            1 year ago

            I agree that there should be time served, and a significant amount of it. I’m okay with 15 years. This person needs to be set aside from society while we determine if we can help them and, if we can, to do it.

            I’d like to know how we arrived at 15 years, though. Would 10 not be enough? If the court had suggested 20 I don’t think either of us would have said “But surely it can be done in 15.” It feels right but it looks kinda arbitrary and that’s interesting to me.

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          Means there’s a chance they get out on parole at 15 years. So they may end up with a life sentence if not approved, but regardless, she is serving 15 years.

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        On one hand, yes.

        On the other hand, 17+15 is 32. Think of all of the things you do to get your life started between 17 and 32 and where you’d be if you’d waited to do the stuff you did at 17 until you were 32. That’s a whole lot of life and life experience there.

        Such a stupid senseless waste all around.

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          It’s unfortunate, this whole thing is a terrible waste of life. I hope she can rehabilitate over the 15 years and get out on good behavior.

          Leniency is a double edged sword. On the one hand, why wouldn’t you want to show mercy when possible? But on the other, if you’re too lenient, the person won’t properly learn the consequences of their actions. As someone who tends to be too lenient, I’ve learned that the hard way.