the thing makes me feel uneasy about the sentence
he's been found guilty based on an arbitary cut off. 16 years has been decided by some legislative in the UK, because its a nice round number and seems about appropriate. It's a six year sentence to have sexual relations with someone who has been alive for 5843 days, and perfectly legal to do the same thing with someone 5844 days. I'm not sure justice and the legal system should be as black and white as that.
Obviously it doesn't take into account that people develop differently, and some 14 year olds may be far more emotionally and physically developed than some 16 year olds.
Posted By: Mecagoenti on March 24th 2016 at 15:18:48
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- I watched a documentary about domestic abuse yesterday (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 24, 14:51:30
- The issue here is that domestic abuse is not taken seriously enough. (General Chat) - megson, Mar 24, 15:45:23
- VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 24, 16:11:43
- Acquitted on the BJ (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 24, 15:07:27
- the thing makes me feel uneasy about the sentence (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Mar 24, 15:18:48
- No problem with an absolute cut off (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 24, 16:12:06
- it just seems ridiculous that as little as one day - (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Mar 24, 16:46:08
- Maybe he just thought Johnson came across as a bit of a c**t (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 24, 16:19:17
- He was caught in possession of bestiality pornography (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 24, 16:25:23
- ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 24, 16:42:42
- This reporter's feed on stuff they can report now (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 24, 16:48:52
- People like him are just f**king animals (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 24, 16:26:36
- Ceebs is on fire!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 24, 16:32:57
- Was arrested for it but not charged (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 24, 16:26:05
- ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 24, 16:42:42
- He was caught in possession of bestiality pornography (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 24, 16:25:23
- Justice has to be that black and white. There has to be a cut off point that is fixed. (General Chat) - megson, Mar 24, 15:44:00
- No problem with an absolute cut off (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 24, 16:12:06
- the thing makes me feel uneasy about the sentence (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Mar 24, 15:18:48
- The criminal justice system is defo very lenient (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 24, 14:55:04
- Saw that on BBC1 a few weeks ago if it's the same one, utterly horrific and the chap... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 24, 14:54:04
- yep that's the one, horrific (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 24, 15:00:39
- Nipped off to America. A true bully of a man. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Mar 24, 15:01:10
- yep that's the one, horrific (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 24, 15:00:39
- The issue here is that domestic abuse is not taken seriously enough. (General Chat) - megson, Mar 24, 15:45:23
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