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[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

God he’s an asshole. I’m not happy with the ruling but I’m no conservative cry baby.

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Emphasis my own.

The question before the Supreme Court was whether the one-year prison sentence for accessing and possessing child pornography set out in the Criminal Code violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects against cruel and unusual punishment.

The top court said it was only weighing the constitutionality of the mandatory minimum sentences, and not whether the sentences imposed on the two men were appropriate.

But there's so much misinformation among conservatives... They're obviously going for the headlines, and low information voters.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I’ll also add (for the people that aren’t going to read the article) that they decided the one-year minimum was harmful because in a situation like an 18-year-old receiving an unrequested nude from a 17-year-old, the 18-year-old would get a year in prison.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this would be true if they were both 17, even.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All our sentences should have context, that’s why minimums don’t make any sense.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly. Blanket rules have NEVER made sense.

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

but "common sense"???

/s

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