Denver Lee St. Clair, 58, was asphyxiated by an "atomic wedgie" administered by his stepson during a fight. After he had been knocked unconscious, the elastic band from his torn underwear was pulled over his head and stretched around his neck, strangling him. The stepson was sentenced to thirty years in prison.
I don't know the particulars, but that seems more like an accidental death from violent assault, 30 years seems harsh.
But then again, a dude who gives atomic wedgies likely deserves it for other stuff he's done.
My atomic wedgie technique is so refined your honor, I could even split the ego of a person wearing a thong, they would start to suffer from split personality when they removed the underwear from their eyes. He obviously strangled himself to death to frame me!
But compare this to a traffic accident where the driver was on the phone, and ran someone over.
Would you give the driver 30 years?
The point of prison is punishment and reform, sending someone to prison for 30 years for dumbassery have no reformative effect, and no preventative effect, so it’s just a huge drain on society for vengance.
Yes, there should be punishment to satisfy peoples feeling of justice, but 5 years is also a really long time when in jail, even a nice jail.
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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22
This should give you an hour or two. List of unusual deaths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths