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Five years, eligible for parole in 2. I don't often scoff at the legal system, I want to have full trust in it, but she trapped this person for nearly ten years and it will take so many more for them to get past what happened. That's an absolute joke.
It seems like the guilty plea and reaching a conclusion was the most important part of the process for the victim, so hopefully the short sentence isn't as troubling for them.
Again, probably because she is a woman. Also, “probability to reoffend” is a bullshit reason to give less time. She harmed this kid for 10 years and only pays 5 for it? Messed up…
There are 4 factors that a judge needs to consider.[1^] Punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, denunciation[2^], and protection of the community.
Probability to reoffend is relevant to rehabilitation and deterrence. So no, it's not a bullshit reason.
[1^]: I Victoria. I assume Queensland has a very similar list. [2^]: I don't know exactly what this is, only that the judge in Erin Patterson's case mentioned it as one of his factors.
Edit ah fuck. I can't figure out this syntax. Whatever, it's clear enough what I meant.
edit again: ah. It turns out I had the syntax right the first time, before I tried editing. But I was doing it on my phone, and Jerboa doesn't display it like lemmy-ui does.
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There are 4 factors that a judge needs to consider.[^1] Punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, denunciation[^2], and protection of the community.
Probability to reoffend is relevant to rehabilitation and deterrence. So no, it's not a bullshit reason.
[^1]: I Victoria. I assume Queensland has a very similar list. [^2]: I don't know exactly what this is, only that the judge in Erin Patterson's case mentioned it as one of his factors.
That's shocking. I'd have thought the CSAM charges alone would attract that penalty. I normally tend to err on the side of supporting shorter sentences, but just thinking about the number of different charges that would have been applicable here it's hard to see how this is right.
It said the other charges were dropped with the guilty plea.