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Smile through tears

Member since
September 2021

2538 posts

Posted Mon October 24, 2022 4:09amReport post

It seems so unfair. A young student lass was sexually assaulted in our town as she walked home after a night out.

The chap received a short custodial sentence - a lot less than my son. This sentencing just seems crazy to me at times!!!!

I know we fight against making judgments and this fella has a family too but it just seems as though their are no sentence guidelines and the judges make them up as they go along!

Edited Mon October 24, 2022 4:13am

SAL

Member since
December 2021

895 posts

Posted Mon October 24, 2022 7:31amReport post

I still find myself Googling my person's offence and comparing the outcome to my person. Most cases have more than one charge - Communication and images, yet most get far less than my person.

I don't know what the answer is but it doesn't seem right that such life changing things are such a lottery, but then I imagine the same applies to other big systems such as the NHS.