On my local news a man recieved 125 years for a car chase that injured a state trooper but I saw where a man recieved less time 40 years for killing his girlfriend. How is this? I see this often.
2006-10-05 02:55:20 · 8 answers · asked by momie_2bee 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I disagree about the color of skin, both these guys were white and young.
2006-10-05 03:09:24 · update #1
There is some discretion allowed. However abuses of such discretion have led to stricter sentencing guidelines in recent years. Your example would support even stricter sentencing guidelines for the future.
2006-10-05 02:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by Brand X 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sentencing usually depends a lot on past criminal history. Some times it depends on the judge or the jury. In Texas a jury usually hands down a sentence and every jury is different and has had different experiences. The car chase sentence was probably a combined sentence for all of the charges.
2006-10-05 10:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by me:0) 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I was in high school, our Law teacher told us that you almost automatically get a harsher punishment for injuring/killing a government employee (especially a law enforcement officer because their duty is to protect and serve us) than you would for doing the same thing to a "normal" person. On the other hand, if a police officer injures/kills a "normal" person, it seems as if he/she doesn't get as strict of a punishment as "we" would. It's a double standard and it's not fair at all.
2006-10-05 10:34:43 · answer #3 · answered by Jayna 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is more than meets the eye when it comes to sentencing hearings. The prosecution and defense take the opportunity to bring forth witnesses. Prosecution tries to bring as many people as they can to testify as to the lousy character and the defense tries to bring people and letters of recommendation as to how good the person really is - despite this error in judgment. It's drawn out and complicated - not black and white as most people think.
2006-10-05 10:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by Zelda 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The punishment of the law depends on the crime committed. Some that are arrested are either let off becouse of lean laws but some are punished more harshly as well. And that depends on the law and the judge.
2006-10-05 10:03:40 · answer #5 · answered by chuck h 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Killing a cop gets you a harsher punishment than killing a civilian.
2006-10-05 10:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by wuxxler 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I saw that too. I was wondering the same thing, because you could argue that when the chase got up to those speeds the cop should have STOPPED because he was endangering himself and others!!! It's not like they didn't already know who the guy was and could have found him later!
2006-10-05 10:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by startwinkle05 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
depends on the skin ur in....if anyone begs different ..they are in a state of denial
2006-10-05 10:04:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋