BlackDiamond wrote: ↑Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:35 am
mkhammer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:59 am
Fuckin ridiculous....
Some of the sentencing in this country is beyond a joke...we see it time and time again....
It's a funny one. A 15 year custodial sentence is perfectly normal under law for attempted murder. The fact that this was a deliberate calculated attempt to kill a small defenseless child was almost certain taken into consideration but there are gradients of punishment set out for different levels of offense.
The recent stabbing and killing in Glasgow is a lot neater. Man randomly attacks people with weapon and is stopped by force and the stopping was permanent.That solution was the best expected outcome obviously.
The teenager who was yesterday sentenced to confinement was said to have been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder. I'm not sure what that claims to describe. Is it like a method actor,where the actor attempts to embody a fictional character for a short duration of time.
If a person was playing a dog,they might imitate the sound of barking. Is that imitating a dog or have they become a dog for a short time. I expect most people can decide for themselves what is actually happening there.
However the field of psychiatry likes to allow a bit of latitude and can find acceptance with the most unusual thinking.
Yeah there's a point of thought that a Person who irrationally/insanely commits a crime...is much more Dangerous than
a person who rationally commits a crime with clear thought and deliberation is...
Yet there's been cases whereby all the mitigation shit can lead to a lesser sentence....
One can rehabilitate..... can the other one...
The Guy that threw his own baby into a river and killed her in manchester...has been Sectioned for "Tests"
so he's in Hospital instead of Jail...while awaiting trial.......cos of Cov 19...don't know when that will be ....seems like
the more heinous and cruel your crime is the easier you have it and the more help you get....
Anyway Should you receive a lesser sentence....because your Murder attempt failed purely on the grounds of luck..
you intended to kill the person and you've committed the exact same crime....