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Originally posted by Nic Name
I'm having difficulty gleaning from your reasoned unemotional approach, exactly what your position is on the sentencing in these circumstances?
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Then you failed to appreciate the wider aspect of that point. First, I am not jumping to conclusions on such trivial information. I am still asking what facts apply to what reasons for jail terms. I am far from reaching conclusions. To conclude now would only be a knee-jerk, emotional response.
Take this example from juju2112:
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We can't have people stealing planes all the time.
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IOW jail time must be applied as a deterent for others. That is but one reason. Another is that maybe 100 people were kidnapped (maybe even worse by using a violent weapon to threaten life). That is also unacceptable behavior (although facts are not fully available), so unexceptable that forgiveness alone is not reasonable.
How's this for another reason. The only reason he led a responsible, reformed life was threat of being caught and serving jail. If jail did not remain as a deterent for some many years, then would he have modified his life? Therefore threat of jail must have always been an option for him and for others.
Then there is the problem with consistency. Five years is too short since marijuana dealers do that kind of time. However Five years is too long since that is the term for murder. I don't see many here addressing that issue meaning that very little information exists (plus we apparently don't know all details such as new information about bank robberies) to yet even consider an opinion.
Any decision at this point would only be emotional. That position should be obvious.