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minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoGood. In my country, a former PM who embezzled 1.6B is on the verge of being set free, with little in the way of jail time, while a construction worker who stole a loaf of bread got 40 years. Wtf. Edit: I got the bread story wrong. Not the 1.6B.
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago40 years for a loaf of bread?
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agohttps://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675 I was wondering if this was the case? Apparently it was because it was a fourth offense and the law was strict about sentencing no matter what. Which is a thing I find utter bullshit BTW. No crime that petty should be punished that bad.
minus-squaregalanthus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAt least he wasn’t a slave for 20 years.
minus-squarePhoenicianpirate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoTo be fair in those days it was hanging (at least in Britain) for just about everything…
Good. In my country, a former PM who embezzled 1.6B is on the verge of being set free, with little in the way of jail time, while a construction worker who stole a loaf of bread got 40 years. Wtf.
Edit: I got the bread story wrong. Not the 1.6B.
40 years for a loaf of bread?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675
I was wondering if this was the case? Apparently it was because it was a fourth offense and the law was strict about sentencing no matter what.
Which is a thing I find utter bullshit BTW. No crime that petty should be punished that bad.
At least he wasn’t a slave for 20 years.
To be fair in those days it was hanging (at least in Britain) for just about everything…
Wait what’s the bread story?