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[-] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

He is doing 57 months because he is serving for multiple crimes simultaneously.

Police who violate the law should not be allowed anything but the maximum sentence non-concurrent with other crimes.

But cops protect those who have power and those who have power. Don't want to piss off the cops so here we are.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't even understand why concurrent sentences exist. if you do multiple crimes you should serve time for them all, regardless of who you are.

[-] zaph@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It makes some sense when multiple crimes were committed but it was one event. Robbing a liquor store becomes several different crimes with their own max sentences. Sure there were multiple laws broken but they only did one thing. The issue is how grey that line becomes and how much authority a judge has over a crime's punishment and when you factor in things like if the robber shot the clerk.

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