StoneHappyMonday
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The point of this thread is to comment on court cases, justice and injustice.
I would like to start with "Jeremy Forrest, you decide"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23004956
Forrest got five and a half years for abduction and child sex. I think this sentence is way out of proportion to his crime. At best, his is a crime of passion. At worst, he is guilty of stupidity and naiveity in the extreme. And I don't think you should get five and a half years for being stupid. Else we'd be locking up half the country.
In his defence, he attempted to send the girl home not once but twice from France. She refused to leave him. They were/are, however misguided, in love. In many countries in Europe what he did would not even be a crime. France, where they fled to, for one. So unconcerned were the French that at first they refused to join in a missing person hunt.
So, five and a half years for that? I say no. Feel free to argue. That's what the thread is for. I'm genuinely interested to see if my view is one held by many/any of you or if you all think I'm a paedophile for even daring to defend him.
Thoughts? Debate.
I would like to start with "Jeremy Forrest, you decide"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23004956
Forrest got five and a half years for abduction and child sex. I think this sentence is way out of proportion to his crime. At best, his is a crime of passion. At worst, he is guilty of stupidity and naiveity in the extreme. And I don't think you should get five and a half years for being stupid. Else we'd be locking up half the country.
In his defence, he attempted to send the girl home not once but twice from France. She refused to leave him. They were/are, however misguided, in love. In many countries in Europe what he did would not even be a crime. France, where they fled to, for one. So unconcerned were the French that at first they refused to join in a missing person hunt.
So, five and a half years for that? I say no. Feel free to argue. That's what the thread is for. I'm genuinely interested to see if my view is one held by many/any of you or if you all think I'm a paedophile for even daring to defend him.
Thoughts? Debate.