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Two years is very short in the US for serious crimes. The US has more people in prison per capita than any other developed country by a wide, wide, wide margin
by sneak 2y ago
Two years is very short in the US for serious crimes. The US has more people in prison per capita than any other developed country by a wide, wide, wide margin, largely in part because of the judicial system's willingness to hand down sentences for relatively minor crimes that would be seen as insane in most other countries.
For what she was charged with, two years is probably the bare minimum that was available at sentencing given the constraint of "must serve jail time".
Meanwhile in Germany, the sentence range for human trafficking is 6 months to a max of 5 years. Stealing a child is also max 5 years (if you're not intending to sell it).
The contrast is pretty stark.
- beaglesss 2y agoBasically every free person in the US can get a 26,000 lb truck or a semi auto rifle in under an hour. Germany has taken the other approach and implemented policies to make their country closer to a prison with all kind of harsher regulations, then reducing prison time. There are merits to be found in either approach.
- s1artibartfast 2y agogenuinely interesting thought. I haven't decided if it carries any water, but interesting. Why would harsher penalties be required in a place where individuals have more capability to do harm? That seems to place a lot of faith in a linear efficacy of deterrence
- eurleif 2y agoIncapacitation.