07-19-2018, 04:27 PM
(07-19-2018, 02:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Sentencing is a complicated issue. If additional jail time is not needed as a deterrent to future crime or to protect the public then this was the proper sentence.
But, why? She tried to kill a kid and nearly killed 2 more. How is 20 months in prison and probation a proper sentence?
(07-19-2018, 02:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Sentencing involves more than just what a person did. It involves "why" they did it. Two people can commit the same action but get very different sentences based on the context and motive.
I get that, but I don't understand how trying to kill a kid and then nearly killing 2 more people when fleeing from that first crime doesn't warrant a harsher sentence without extenuating circumstances?
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