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Father Throws Chair at judge after Driver who Killed his Family got 120 Hours of Community Service (cdn.imgchest.com)
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/57614897

https://metro.co.uk/2014/11/22/father-throws-chair-at-judge-after-absurdly-low-sentence-for-driver-who-killed-his-daughter-4958142/

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2015/09/appeal-court-jails-driver-for-killing-couple-and-grandchild/

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[–] 24 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

If I were the killer in that situation, not that I ever would be, I would actually want to be given a harsher sentence than that. Because what we just witnessed in that video is the creation of a vigilante. When the government won't seek justice for people whose lives are completely ruined, those people will seek justice themselves, and I don't want to receive that sort of justice.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago

    I’m always a bit nervous when driving in cities that someone will jump in front of my car on purpose to get hit and scam me.

    When I first saw this sentencing I wondered if that was what happened and it went wrong.

    But clearly the system is just broken to only get such a small offense. I wonder if the defendant is related to someone powerful.

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