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CleverNameTheSecond t1_iya5ajm wrote

Reply to comment by Zac-Hobson in Man who slashed stranger’s throat on CTrain avoids federal prison term by I-Am-Not-A-Hunter

In some cases it acts as a literal get out of jail free card.

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Aldervale t1_iyc7ch4 wrote

Happens in the states too. There was that little Affluenza asshole that ran over a bunch of people.

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lonewolf210 t1_iydbpz6 wrote

That's like the literal exact opposite...

This is about poor aboriginals who have been oppressed and faced almost genocidal acts so they argue for leniency in sentencing due to the continued impacts on communities there.

The Affluenza case was about a white kid who argued that they are too rich and privileged to understand their actions

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