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Originally Posted by Mancie
No doubt life should mean "life"..but it's not all good.. the American system of plea bargaining were some murderer gets life while an accomplice gets a new identity and protection is badly flawed.. for instance the bloke that gave evidence against the mafia killer John Gotti admitted to 18 murders.. but got protection and a new life.that is not justice.
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I agree Mancie, the American system has flaws, but they certainly dish out realistic jail terms, as you say life means life, and when you hear sentence doled out like 475 years, they do get something right, SJ is right about the US handing out punishment whilst we reabilitate, but it doesn't work with the majority, its time the punishment was made to fit the crime, and if you can't do the time then don't do the crime in the first place. When people commit premeditated murder, if they knew they wouldn't see the light of day again maybe they'd think twice, and a minimum 25 years for manslaughter wouldn't go a miss either. It annoys me when you hear the statement I sentence you to life imprisonment and you must serve a minimum of 12 years, that's not life, that's a slap on the wrists and a sugar lump
