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SeeBass · 10-28-2010, 09:42 AM

I wonder on average when a person is charged for this offence do they get convicted.

We always hear of these kinds of things happening and it always fires people up. But are the police charging the person because they have to and then the courts in turn are leaneant.

These kinds of stories sell papers but do we really know how most of them end. I bet he gets a 6 month probation or some slap on the wrist. He should not be charged at all, I agree, but I think the law is in place to prosecute more serious offences.

10-28-2010, 09:42 AM	#23
SeeBass First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2009 Exp:	I wonder on average when a person is charged for this offence do they get convicted. We always hear of these kinds of things happening and it always fires people up. But are the police charging the person because they have to and then the courts in turn are leaneant. These kinds of stories sell papers but do we really know how most of them end. I bet he gets a 6 month probation or some slap on the wrist. He should not be charged at all, I agree, but I think the law is in place to prosecute more serious offences.