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Originally posted by User Name
This is absolutely unfair. If people commit the same crime they should get the same punishment. This is like saying if someone who makes $20,000 a year is convicted of a crime, drug possesion for instance, they should get half the jailtime of a person who makes $40,000 a year and is convicted of the same crime. This is ridiculous.
I'm a big fan of Scandinavian society, however.
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I think the logic is that a $100 speeding ticket amounts to a mosquito bite to your average rich person, while it can mean groceries for the average poor person. This is an effort to make the punishment more equal.
How many speeding tickets could you afford to get if you were worth millions of dollars?
This has nothing to do with jailtime. This has to do with wealthy people being able to afford ignoring traffic laws.
The important lesson in all of this is: Don't get caught speeding.