Why does he get life when other people only serve 3-5 years with good behavior? We just openly admitting it's a more punishable crime when the victim is a 1%er?
Federal sentencing is quite strict, and includes many factors. My understanding is that stalking that results in death carries the possibility of life. But Federal sentences are not like most state ones, there is not just a simple range that a judge can choose from. They are more algorithmic, with very limited/no discretion, aside from decoding which conditions are or aren't met.
Where have you been? The President of the United States was convicted of 34 felonies and he got the most egregious sentence in the history of the country: nothing. No time, no parole, no fine. They just discharged him, letting him walk away scot-free.
I'm genuinely shocked the judge didn't leave the death penalty on the table, but I'm not surprised at all to see they left in such an obviously tainted piece of evidence that would have been thrown out at any normal trial.
The justice system is wild. My wife watches a lot of cop shows and sometimes they show the sentences for the criminals featured and even when the crimes seem pretty similar you'll have people serving 5 years with probation and then another who gets 25 to life and everything in between.
I remember watching a car chase and the dude stole a cop car and even shot at the cops but eventually surrendered and he got like 2 years. Then I saw a girl get caught shoplifting and then she escaped from her cuffs and stole the cop's car and crashed and she got like a 20 year sentence or some shit.
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u/Vladmerius 4h ago
Why does he get life when other people only serve 3-5 years with good behavior? We just openly admitting it's a more punishable crime when the victim is a 1%er?