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Originally Posted by GGG
The question that should be asked in these cases is If there were an innocent person convicted would this be cruel and unusual. In the cases where concurrent sentences have been applied I would argue the people have been really guilty beyond any possibility of doubt and have a long criminal history before hand so likelyhood of wrongful conviction is low.
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Completely disagree with this notion. Nothing about sentencing after a conviction should be based on the concept of "well, he could be innocent" that should really have no bearing and should never happen. If that's the case, they should never have been found guilty in the first place.
Of course it does happen, unfortunately, but that's a problem with the actual conviction and not the sentencing.