In a proper country like China the business owners would be in front of a firing squad by now

Edit: what the fuck did I just start

Here's a full story

Ionia County Judge Ray Voet said the accident was a “horrible tragedy” but didn't warrant jail or probation for Darin Wilbur (Owner)

If a homeless man sneezed on someone he'd be calling for the death penalty.

“Two months later, we wouldn’t even be here,” the judge said, noting that the teen soon would have turned 18 years old.

The $1100 fine for permanently disabiling a child was too much.

Defense attorney Howard Van Den Heuvel said Wilbur hired the teen, a high school dropout, as a way to help him. He said the boy was warned to never put his hand inside the grinder.

Blame the child who lost their hand to a greedy boss.

Whoever was responsible for letting a 17 year old within range of a meat grinder in the first place should be fucking executed, along with their boss and boss’s boss, and boss’s boss’s boss. That is an appropriate punishment for permanently mutilating a child to try and make money.

At the very very least they should be required to pay him the wages of 40 hours of work every week for the rest of his life, and to make sure to save that up to set aside in case they go out of business.

JFC the long-term detriment to that kid is going to be worth way, way more than a thousand and change. This is basically a non-punishment.

Oh wow, a whole thousand dollars for all of my hand? Where do I sign?

Lose a fucking hand, and you get only paid a month or two worth of rent. Fucking ridiculous

Edit: holy fuck the rental market went to absolute shit since the last time I checked.

We need Mao back asap.

Phew! He'll be able to pay for his ambulance ride to the hospital. The system works

Jesus Christ, $1143 is pennies compared to the trauma and hardship this young man will experience.