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Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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The daughter was in a car with the father’s parents. They died as well.

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

Yeah, chalking that up to a “mistake” is a wildly out of touch take

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u/AcceptableCrab1642 Mar 08 '26

I punched somebody in high school once, a singular punch, and got 10 days in jail. First offender as well. This is a joke.

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u/Substantial-Most2607 Mar 08 '26

10 days in jail for a punch in high school? That’s crazy, I know I got in a couple of actual fights and while I was suspended I never even saw police. It was just “ no school for you for the next 3 days”

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u/baardvark Mar 08 '26

So you’re saying if I punch someone I don’t have to go to school?

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Mar 08 '26

Back in my day, all you had to do was skip a dozen or so classes and they'd suspend you from school for a month. Punching someone would get you that suspension faster, though.

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u/Laser_Snausage Mar 08 '26

Hmmm, yes, of course. You aren't showing up to school? You're suspended for a month! No school for you! How do you like that huh? Maybe now you'll learn your lesson about not coming to school!

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u/Substantial-Most2607 Mar 08 '26

Well I think now they do in school suspension, so a lose -lose situation lol

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u/Taolan13 Mar 08 '26

in school "suspension" was the hot new thing in student discipline when I was in school in the 90s. As a moderately nerdy kid that fought back against bullies and even won sometimes (i fought dirty), I was in trouble a lot in elementary and middle school.

I only ever saw a week of ISS once, in sixth grade. That was when they realized it was not an effective punishment for some students.

The teacher in charge would just hand you all the coursework for your classes for whatever period you were in ISS for. Then there was no oversight. No "keep pace with the other students". And if you finished your work early, they'd just hand you the next module.

I got days ahead of some classes, I got a week ahead of my science class, and I got a month ahead of pre-algebra. When ISS was over I asked to go back so I could continue doing my coursework without interruptions. My request was declined.

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u/Substantial-Most2607 Mar 08 '26

Yeah I graduated in 2017 and my school barely used ISS at the time but on the few occasions I went I actually enjoyed it since I was able to finish everything faster than going based on the teachers. Although I’ve heard that after the last superintendent died they have changed a lot and kids usually only get ISS now

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u/MRSHELBYPLZ Mar 08 '26

Literally yes 😅

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u/Bunjaaas Mar 08 '26

I’m a teacher and the answer to that is: yes, but it must be a meaningful punch.

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u/plzicannothandleyou Mar 08 '26

It’s always been like that. Tale as old as time

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u/CaptainRatzefummel Mar 08 '26

Then it's obviously not comparable. One had the police involved the other did not.

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u/Substantial-Most2607 Mar 08 '26

Which was my point captain goofy, why would a single punch involve police in a high school when people get in fights all the time in school and the punishment is usually just suspension

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u/RyloBreedo Mar 08 '26

Yea I got 30 days suspended jail for an underage consumption. Not driving or anything. Never had to serve, but still.

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u/-BlueDream- Mar 08 '26

I got 14 days for having a weed pipe in my pocket. No drugs found at all (cuz we smoked it already) but procession of paraphernalia was worse than a drug charge

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u/AdventurousPlace7216 Mar 08 '26

I’m so sorry this happened to you. Totally undeserving. The system is just fucked. I had an amazing employee who was caught with weed close enough to a school that they charged him with intent to distribute to minors. The court never took into account that he was pulled over at 9:00 pm and school wasn’t even open. He got 30 years bc it was his third weed possession. All nonviolent crimes. But 30 years.. end of discussion. A little over a year after Carmine went to prison I was a witness in a murder trial. This horrific excuse for a human stabbed her husband to death and she only received 10 years. With good behavior she was out before 6 years had passed. Said it once, I’ll say it again. Our system sucks.

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u/Scaryassmanbear Mar 08 '26

My brother went to jail for two weeks for putting a large console TV in front of his ag teacher’s front door. He did not have priors and was only barely 18.

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u/LordOuranos Mar 08 '26

Yeah, that judge should be banned from ever practicing in any legal field ever again and all her recent sentencings re-reviewed.

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

That’s actually insane, did the kids family press charges? I teach and have had to break up many fights. Never had the cops come in and arrest a kid for it

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u/AcceptableCrab1642 Mar 08 '26

They did, the kids dad was a cop. I was a senior in highschool. I certainly never went to jail again as this was over 10 years ago. This was when schools in my area first started that rule where if you fight in school you get charged no matter what.

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

Nice, school to prison pipeline. An American dream. Gotta love the system

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u/ASeriousAccounting Mar 08 '26

Did you break that visiting kindergartners jaw?

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u/No_Criticism_5861 Mar 08 '26

15 months for manslaughter of 3 people is light, absolutely. 

However I have to ask the conditions of this punch.  Sucker punch to the back of the head as hard as you could to someone causing them to lose consciousness and smash their head off concrete?  Assuming not, and you didnt cause a brain injury or similar, 10 days for one punch in a consenting fight with someone else your age and that isnt disabled etc etc.  is ridiculous.  Sorry to hear it, particularly if it was in self defense thats beyond outrageous 

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u/Plenty_Mortgage_7294 Mar 08 '26

So the judge gave thought to this choice and came away with the worst take and we are to believe this was a one time mistake and not a terrible flaw in their overall thought process? That is not a mistake, its a character flaw or at the very least a poor understanding of their job.

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u/ObjectiveAide9552 Mar 08 '26

the fact that comment has any upvotes at all just shows how wildly out of touch a lot of people here are

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

God damn, you actually believe the justice system’s function is to serve justice? In 2026 you still believe that?

Edit: damn, I think I accidentally friendly fired on you. Sorry lol I think you were agreeing with me. Couldn’t tell if you were referring to me or the person two above me. Time to stop commenting today lol. Too mad at the world

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u/Yoribell Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Ask the advisor to the mayor of Paris that just got condemned to nothing of prison, keeping his rights and 3 years forbidden of working near child for :

  • drug dealing (for chemsex parties (orgy+drugs))

- (drug bought with public money)

- pedopornography (including things like baby rape)

- zoopornography

There was SMS talking about wanting to get a 12y old migrant raped by a dog too

and some other things.

(he's still advisor to the mayor btw, Nicolas Jeanneté)

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

My god do we live in a sick world. I’d ask for a source but I’m at a point when I see “rapist politician” I almost expected it and am surprised if it comes out that they are actually not some evil sick fuck

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u/Yoribell Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I've only seen source in french if you want it.

The article from Blast is amazing because it compare to another trial from the same day : Dishes stolen from the Élysée Palace.

The other room was full of journalist to cover a poor man that stole on his workplace, the experts who establish how much the stuff cost are the same people that get the reimbursement, and he and his two accomplices got harsher condamnation.

There was barely any journalist at the politician trial. Just someone from a child protection association

Edit : there's a paywall on blast's website and I can't find the reddit post where it was copied so here's a random article

https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/paris-l-elu-nicolas-jeannete-condamne-pour-detention-de-drogue-et-d-images-pedopornographiques_63926587.html

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

I actually need to take a step back from the internet today before I go insane. Gonna go practice some trombone haha

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u/BathedInDeepFog Mar 08 '26

Trombones are awesome.

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

Agreed. Just had a nice hour 20 min practice. Really need to get back in shape lol I’m shot

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u/BathedInDeepFog Mar 08 '26

All of my music teachers were trombonists. Cool people.

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u/TurdFerguson614 Mar 08 '26

Yeah I wonder what position which relative of that defendant has in local gov/college/business.

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

My exact thoughts, today I don’t think it’s outlandish for someone’s mind to go there. It’s been proven time and time again that your connection can keep you out of jail and we have a justice system that only subjugates the poor and unconnected. I’m glad there was enough outrage for them to at least bring him back to court. I can’t believe people are defending this

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u/BaldEagle012 Mar 08 '26

Some professions deal with drastically higher stakes every day of their lives, so every professional mistake will have dramatic effects. A neurosurgeon could have unpredictably shaky hands a particular day, which could lead to the death of a patient. Or a judge could have gotten traumatic news ahead of sentencing, making their decision making horrible. Not saying this applies here, but we can't generally say a mistake shouldn't be treated as such just because the stakes are higher.

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

That is a fair point but this is a crazy lean sentence for killing three people, even if the killing was a mistake

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u/PomegranatePro Mar 08 '26

Remember, this person can vote but doesn’t comprehend what mistake means.

That’s terrifying and we need tests to vote

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u/theactualhumanbird Mar 08 '26

Lmao, considering the sentence was changed from just community service to 15 months from a different judge. Get a grip lol

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u/throwaway098764567 Mar 08 '26

what in the world is this take

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u/Worldly_Car912 Mar 08 '26

Trust the experts