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  • Goddess_AmaterasuOP
    7·
    2 years ago

    I dislike how a lot of sentences for crimes seem so darn lenient. They did the crime. Give them a longer sentence or some shit like ffs

    • Seagoon_
      5·
      2 years ago

      rank all the crimes and then give relative sentences. In the rankings include torture, sexual torture, kidnapping, rape of children, hijacking a plane, slavery, terrorism.

      Years ago rape used to be a capital crime, ie, people were sentenced to death for rape. When that sentence for rape was reduced to imprisonment the murder rate went down. When everything has a severe sentence there is nothing to stop criminals from committing the worst crimes.

        • Seagoon_
          4·
          2 years ago

          Big hugs. The choice is yours.

          ( And it’s so difficult to prove some crimes too, that makes it so difficult )

          I would love to take my father to court for what he did to my brother. 😔 But damn, in the long run the everyday type dysfunction was just as destructive of life as violent attacks

        • landsharkkidd
          4·
          2 years ago

          if i could guarantee they’d receive long/life sentences, i’d take my ex and my pop to court for some of that. but as it stands, it’s just not in my favour to retraumatise myself only for them to be released in under a decade.

          Honestly, I feel you. Especially since my abuse doesn’t have any physical evidence. Except the physical evidence is me. It’s just not worth it going through the courts to either get them to believe in me, not only that but re-traumtising myself AND having to see my abuser? He left for a bloody reason. There’s no way in hell I’m ever seeing him again and he makes it out alive.

    • TinyBreak
      5·
      2 years ago

      We (as a society) still assume the best in people. And the law just wasn’t built to take into account irredeemable people. We really need to be more old school French about things.

      • landsharkkidd
        2·
        2 years ago

        Like, I get this idea if it’s things like shoplifting or taking drugs. Like yes give them lenient crimes. But things like rape is just… 7 years is not enough. Especially considering the trauma the victim will have to live with for the rest of their life.

        That’s the thing I hate about abusers, is that sure if they get caught and sent to jail they only have to deal with it for a few years, or they don’t get to see the person they abused. But when it comes to the victim in that case, they’re going to have to live with this for the rest of their life. They can’t turn it off, they have to experience flashbacks, avoiding certain places, seizing up whenever they see someone who reminds them of their abuser. ETC. You know? 7 years… not enough.

        (Also this comment isn’t attacking you, I’m attacking the whole system man)

        • Seagoon_
          2·
          2 years ago

          Especially considering the trauma the victim will have to live with for the rest of their life.

          People should not be defined by their past or past victimhood. People are strong and most manage to live good lives after trauma.

          • landsharkkidd
            2·
            2 years ago

            I know. But I just know for me, that I’m just… angry that I have to live with it, whereas my abuser doesn’t get the same effect for what he did to me. You know?

    • Duenan
      1·
      2 years ago

      I feel the same sometimes.

      When something bad is done and is on purpose the sentences seem so light and short in comparison that it never makes sense to me.