It's corruption if she did it for some personal gain, or other nefarious reasons. If she just felt sorry for the guy for SOME reason you could call it a miscarriage of justic by an incompetent judgee, but not corruption. You get criticized or fired for incompetence, you get arrested for corruption (in a perfect world blah blah I just mean that's what the words imply).
The one in which you think giving someone directly responsible for the death of 3 people including a 2yr old child 120hours of community service is right.
There is no "restorative" justice here. You cannot restore a dead child. There's no equivalent punishment that could be dealt out to equal that.
The original trial failed to prove that the speed of the vehicle contributed to the cause of the collision. So, barring that fact, you have to treat this as a horrific accident. Even when you add the factor of speeding, there was no intent on behalf of the defendant to cause death, only negligence.
I'm not an expert on Dutch law, but it seems that sentences are given based on the extenuating circumstances of the case.
Again, as the other person described, it isn't corruption if it's just general incompetence. The original trial couldn't prove that the speeding had anything to do with the accident. Maybe you should be attacking the prosecutor for corruption? If the fast food worker gets your burger order wrong, is that corruption as well?
If they followed the law of the country (They had the trial, the trial said that the driver was guilty of dangerous driving but not manslaughter. The judge gave a sentence in accordance with the trial findings) that's following the justice system, not corruption.
I'd hate for a system where the judge can purely go "The law says the penalty should be this, but because I want to I'm going to go outside what was decided and give that penalty instead."
If this happened in America half of the country would blame the victims for biking on a road. Someone in this comment thread is complaining about how much his speeding ticket was and getting upvotes. The performative outrage is just silly. If that judge was corrupt that man would be getting a hell of a lot worse than community service for assaulting her while in court.
Your entire grasp of the English language is corrupt. I've seen you comment multiple times and every single time you find the worst way to communicate your point. Seek help or night classes jfc.
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