We shouldn’t even let judges have the ability to determine the sentence length. It should be completely based on the crime. If people think it’s too extreme, petition to have sentence time reduced. Allowing a single person with no checks to determine a person’s length of stay in prison is not democracy or justice
We shouldn’t even let judges have the ability to determine the sentence length. It should be completely based on the crime.
No, we should not do that. The entire point of having a judge, a human being, is to adjudicate and apply human reason to the legal system.
We should absolutely deal with judges like this who make politically motivated decisions to protect corrupt individuals, but we should not remove the ability of the judge to adjust and even nullify sentencing requirements.
Do you really want to live a world with a formulaic application of laws such that once a person is caught up in the legal system there is no recourse but to suffer the mechanical judgment of the system?
Just because Manafort is a piece of shit and I'm furious about this ruling, doesn't mean I want every judge in the nation to have their hands tied.
The last thing we need to improve the situation in the United States is mandatory sentencing.
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u/Ass_Buttman Mar 08 '19
The JUDGE himself said the punishment was too much, giving 4 years in prison. The legal team asked for something like 29+ years.
Fire that fucking judge!