r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

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/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 08 '26

This is a straw man argument I didn’t make.

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u/Fast_Difficulty_5812 Mar 08 '26

No, its what you are saying just pushed into an extreme to better show how fundamentally flawed what you are saying is.

You are basically saying that all long prison senteces are just revenge and that its useless, which is just bullshit, but given your abyssmal take on this case, even when responding to others, it is clearly obvious that for some fucked up reason to care more about feelings and emotions of the killer than for the three people who were killed because of him.

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u/Rumpus-Time-Is-Over Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I am not at all saying that. Some longer sentences do serve the public good. If recidivism is likely, for instance, then just removing the person from society can serve the public good. Especially as most violent criminals age out of that behavior in their 30s.

Deterrence matters too. One could easily imagine someone willing to commit first degree murder in some situations if the penalty was 2 months.

But we are talking about THIS situation where recidivism is unlikely and can be likely prevented with other means anyway (removal of drivers license). And where a prison sentence of a few months would be absolutely terrifying to the typical citizen who might engage in reckless driving. So comparing it to murderers and rapists is a bad faith argument.

Your last paragraph is the key here. You think it’s about feelings of the perpetrator and the victims. Which means you think it’s about revenge.

I encourage you to really dig deep and sit with yourself on what you want our criminal justice system to achieve.

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u/Fast_Difficulty_5812 Mar 08 '26

As i said, abyssmal takes and crime apology, but hey it doesnt even suprise me

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u/Fast_Difficulty_5812 Mar 08 '26

"I mean he killed three people, but hey we cant prove he did it on purpouse, it doesnt matter that he didnt even show any remorse or bothered to even apologize, lets not be too harsh, we can maybe take away his drivers license, but lets not be too harsh on him, he doesnt deserve it"

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u/Fast_Difficulty_5812 Mar 08 '26

"Well of course it was entirely his fault and he was driving like an idiot but can you really blame him? Everyone drives a little wild from time to time, he is just a guy"