@thunderlizard - how would you feel if it was your daughter killed? Would you still be so accommodating?
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This should raise the blood pressure
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Originally posted by GillsMan View PostLet's just be clear here: it wasn't murder. At all. But yes, he should have been deported.
Justice shouldn't be dependent on where you come from, it should be applied to all people equally. And human rights and immigration should also be fair and equal. Really the question of whether he should have been locked up for longer, and the question of whether he should be depoprted are entirely seperate and one is in no way relevant to the other.
Would the Daily Mail be so up in arms if a white middle class young man did exactly the same? They ought to be, but it's far more sensationalist when it's a story about Johnny Foreigner.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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He should have been locked up for longer.
Causing death by dangerous driving caries a maximum sentence of 14 years. Can't he still be tried for that?While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWould the Daily Mail be so up in arms if a white middle class young man did exactly the same? They ought to be, but it's far more sensationalist when it's a story about Johnny Foreigner.Comment
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Originally posted by Shimano105 View PostI would, but deportation wouldn't be an option then.
Why does the English person get a less harsh penalty? Why is his crime less serious?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostSo what you're saying is, the penalty for an English person for a hit and run that left a girl dead should be a couple of years in jail. Whereas the penalty for an immigrant for a hit and run that left a girl dead should be a couple of years in jail, plus being deported.
Why does the English person get a less harsh penalty? Why is his crime less serious?Comment
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Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post@thunderlizard - how would you feel if it was your daughter killed? Would you still be so accommodating?Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostI would feel much too biased to be involved in the sentencing.
Yeah..............sure you would.
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On a personal note, I can't work out if I'm more disgusted/outraged/horrified at the driver or our legal system that has so spectacularly failed (again).
I would also add that if it were my child he'd killed and then been effectively let off to do it again, that I'd impose my own 'justice' on him and damn the consequences.Comment
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It would be a tough test for anybody's view in that situation. If we are playing speculative role play, how would you feel if it was your dad facing deportation and those baseball-bats?Comment
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