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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
so murderers get 3 years, but a 17 year old kid who has consensual oral sex with a 15 year old girl gets 10 years in prison and a lifetime on the sex offenders list. the US has some real messed up values on justice
of course Canada isn't much better, but at least we're universally soft, and not completely ass backwards
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I think this is where the statement "It is a legal system, not a justice system" comes into play.
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