Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFlorida cop who beat a homeless man and tried to cover it up gets five years in prisonwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkFlorida cop who beat a homeless man and tried to cover it up gets five years in prisonwww.cbsnews.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerynzcycle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoFlorida Statute Section 787.01 imposes a mandatory minimum of 4 years for kidnapping and a maximum of up to life imprisonment. 5.5 years is just shy of the bare minimum he could have gotten.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThe length of imprisonment directly correlates with the perceived value of the victim. And I hate it. Edit: words
Florida Statute Section 787.01 imposes a mandatory minimum of 4 years for kidnapping and a maximum of up to life imprisonment. 5.5 years is just shy of the bare minimum he could have gotten.
The length of imprisonment directly correlates with the perceived value of the victim.
And I hate it.
Edit: words