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In reply to the discussion: (Sweden) Court slashes sentence in 'honour killing' case (from 8 yrs to 4) [View all]Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)27. This was regular murder.
As far as I can tell from the link (which is obviously only so far) the motivation was irrelevant, and the reason the sentence is so light is that he was legally a minor (16) at the time he committed it. I think the honour killing part may be a red herring, and the issue here is about sentencing teenagers at different ages.
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(Sweden) Court slashes sentence in 'honour killing' case (from 8 yrs to 4) [View all]
The Straight Story
May 2013
OP
He stabbed his sister a hundred times. By definition, that makes him a violent, sick
cali
May 2013
#56
Actually, no...the "idea" of prison is not to produce a less violent society.
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#50
From the article, it seems that the courts ruling was based on age and nothing else.
Recovered Repug
May 2013
#15
I believe it's wrong not to think some cultures are superior to others.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#26
Our 'Christian Culture' is not much different to that of other fundie cultures. We, eg, are the only
sabrina 1
May 2013
#66
I would imagine cruelty to farm animals would draw a harsher sentence., nt
geek tragedy
May 2013
#44