Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoFlorida cop who beat a homeless man and tried to cover it up gets five years in prisonwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1211arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoFive years is a long ass time in prison. I’m not defending this scumbag at all, but being locked up is not a good time.
minus-squarerynzcycle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months 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-211 months agoThe length of imprisonment directly correlates with the perceived value of the victim. And I hate it. Edit: words
Only five??
Five years is a long ass time in prison.
I’m not defending this scumbag at all, but being locked up is not a good time.
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