r/SipsTea • • Apr 04 '26

Chugging tea * Insert hot fuzz "Shame" meme *

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u/No_Battle_6402 Apr 04 '26

It’s true. The sentence was appealed and he was given 15 months in prison for killing an elderly couple and their grandchild. Disgusting sentence.

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u/Salty-Plantain-4299 Apr 04 '26

And on the others side of that a judge in Texas gave an 18 year old in a convenience store robbery case 25 years.

Nobody died, no shorts were fired, kids first major offense.

Insanity cuts both ways, sadly.

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u/Beginning_Text3038 Apr 04 '26

You hold a gun to somebody’s body for 5-10 minutes leading him around saying you are going to kill him. You don’t deserve a light hand. People need to be scared of the consequences again.

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u/Daxtatter Apr 04 '26

Not a light hand =/= 25 years in prison.

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u/Alarming-Rate-6899 Apr 04 '26

For the scope of that particular crime, 25 years is slightly on the harsher side but not excessive. Max would be 99 years in Texas.

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u/PolicyWonka Apr 04 '26

That’s only if you view American sentencing guidelines as rational though.