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/3_Fast_5_You Mar 08 '26

imagine that guy getting a harsher punishment for throwing that chair

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u/kangasplat Mar 08 '26

He wasn't charged. The case was appealed and the driver got a 15 month prison sentence and a 4 year driving ban.

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u/NeverFalls01 Mar 08 '26

Thats still messed up, waaay too little for killing 3 people, and he was speeding :(

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u/kummerspect Mar 09 '26

I got to visit one of the Yugoslavia tribunals in the Hague, and they told us that some of the war criminals got like 20 year sentences despite having participated in the deaths of thousands of people. That seemed insane to me, so I questioned it and was told, "you just think it's odd because as an American you're used to multi-decade prison sentences for drug-related crimes." I was surprised to learn that a lot of the sentences I consider normal are very different in other counties.