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Originally Posted by puckluck
So the U.S has three times the punishment and you don't think that's significant?
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If it was your son or daughter who go pushed off a train and crushed to death would 3 years 2 months satisfy you? or maybe you'd be happy because you'd save a couple dollars in tax.[/QUOTE]
In most US states inmates are eligible for parole at 50% served mark so in my case she would have likely have been released at about the 4 year mark, also note that I did say that an 8-9 year sentence would be fairly harsh sentence.
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If it was your son or daughter who go pushed off a train and crushed to death would 3 years 2 months satisfy you? or maybe you'd be happy because you'd save a couple dollars in tax.
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Victims and their familes desire vengeance and retribution, the accused/perpetrators desire forgivness and mercy. If the law sides solely with the victims we lose elements of justice like self-defense, and ignores mitigating factors. If we have system that solely favors the perpetrators we lose the deterrence factor of punishment. Our justice system is established to find an balance between deterrence, punishment and rehabilitation all while maximizing the financial resources available to our justice system.
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Originally Posted by shermanator
Actually, Prevost wasn't buying drugs. He was selling weed to Pasqua and shortchanged her, which led to the whole confrontation. As well, he pushed her onto the tracks first. The kid was a high school dropout with no job, who sold marijuana to support himself.
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The situation that was reported in the news was that Pasqua purchased crack cocaine from a dealer near the station. Prevost than offer to buy a part of the crack, but then refused to pay.
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Pasqua had bought a rock of crack cocaine from a dealer near the platform when Prevost and two friends approached her to buy a portion but refused to hand over his money.
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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wom...500/story.html