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Originally Posted by maleficent
traffic fines are doubled in a work area.. .why shouldn't punishment for crimes committed during a state of emergency be more than they would in a non-emergency? bad circumstances should not give peopel free reign to do whatever they want.
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Because, to my knowledge, it isn't on the books. If there is some statute that doubles fines\time served during national emergencies, then educate me and I'll rethink my opinion. Until I see that, it's just some attention whoring judge trying to make a stand for something in a wrong manner.
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Originally Posted by flstf
I do not wish to defend these looters but there is something wrong with a system that will give a few months sentence in minimum security to someone who steals hundreds of thousands of dollars from our pension funds and give 15 years hard time to someone who steals a few hundred dollars worth of booze.
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There has always been this class divide for crimes and consequences. And I think as long as we have that divide, it will continue.
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