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Originally Posted by chinoise
Lina, for the sentence of each genre of crime (I'm pretending to be an expert  ) there's a range of sentencing, ranging from parole, social service, fining to imprisonment. Two persons may commit a similar crime but one gets a lenient punishment and another gets the harshest punishment. Or, one got a harsh punishment from one judge and then appealed, then got a lenient punishment from another judge. I've seen judges in court, they're indeed very human. |
We have the same system of sentencing in France, except that the legal code gives indications. For instance : "fine from 35 euros to 1500 euros" or "from 5 to 20 years in jail". I don't know if there are less injustices than with your customary laws, but I think it's a way we found to avoid them as much as possible.