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Originally Posted by fleury
I don't think anyone can really explain what this sentence truly accomplishes. There were articles prior saying that the public was shocked that the prosecution asked for 10 years when (IIRC) 4 years was the previous precedent. This was not a person who should have been used as an example to uphold the law. He was remorseful and made a mistake trying to make a living. Lives were lost, a lot of them, but that doesn't make this right. Again, it's not about money but this is a burden on tax payers for nothing, though that's secondary. It doesn't bring back the victims, and is so punitive that it's ridiculous. Fully agreed that it was this way because they were hockey players and it got national attention - doesn't make it right.
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I understand your take on this, i live with someone who feels similar.
I will ask though,
What should the penalty be when someone is responsible for ending 16 lives through their own actions and admits it?
And as noted in court it was said this was not a mistake, this was a crime by definition.
He will be out in 4 years...that seems light to me, but i can live with it.
He absolutely needed to be penalized for this beyond whatever else he is living with inside his head.