NationStates

So, I know the issues aren't supposed to be exact, and oftentimes they're parodies or exaggerations of RL, but I found this one a little silly.

The high-profile case of Damon 'The Butcher of Almajoya City' White, a serial murderer and rapist, has been the subject of outrage and derision by Almajoya's news providers. In exchange for a guilty verdict, no trial by jury, and testimony in another trial, White pled guilty to third-degree manslaughter, reducing his sentence to a paltry three months' imprisonment. The justness of plea bargaining is now being called into question.

Manslaughter in any degree is a felony. All felonies require at least a year (and a day, I think) in prison. Even plea-bargaining can't change this. The guy might get out on good behavior after ten, eleven months, but three months is just laughable.

Just a thought.

Edit: The name of the issue is "Plea Bargaining: Tipping the Scales of Justice?"

In the US, yeah, but who knows how it is in the issue writer's country?

New Ziedrich wrote:In the US, yeah, but who knows how it is in the issue writer's country?

And more importantly, who knows how it is in your fictional country?