if i remember right, there was a bit more to the rapist/spitting/life sentence thing than that he just spit, i think it had something to do with being a x# offence and on parole and whatnot. anyways, i think a rapist getting life might not be such a bad thing, seeing as how if you rape someone, that's something that they will be traumatized by and have to deal with for the rest of their life. but seeing as how it isn't a permanant thing, the victim will recover, less of a sentence i would not object to. i think murder should get life though, under any circumstances. man slaughter not so much, but premeditated murder, yes.
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