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Medical student convicted of raping another student escapes sentence as “He is young and talented” (www.vrt.be)

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[–] natecox@programming.dev 116 points 1 day ago (4 children)

By finding him guilty but not punishing him, he will be made to feel guilty and the chance of him reoffending will be prevented, without socially impairing the man

What a load of horse shit. “Letting him get away with rape penalty free will ensure he doesn’t do it again” is some crazy fucking logic. Seems like knowing there are no consequences for your actions would make repeating the offense significantly more likely.

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

I’m sure this concept of non-punishment will now be applied to many other cases across social classes, right?

Right…?

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