EPT20 Years for a Youtube Prank? - Page 17
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ixi.genocide
United States981 Posts
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
 At least he could've blurred the faces.. | ||
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
and he's gonna answer "A stupid joke, 20 years. Might be out in ten with good behaviour." really? | ||
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VTArlock
United States1763 Posts
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snpnx
Germany454 Posts
On February 19 2011 18:53 DwD wrote: Yeah jailtime sounds really really harsh but imagine if it was your kid in the video.. At least he could've blurred the faces..Even if it was my kid I would do with a harsh fine. 20 Years for a prank that didn't even really involve the kids is just stupid. | ||
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StarBrift
Sweden1761 Posts
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PanzerKing
United States483 Posts
On February 19 2011 19:01 VTArlock wrote: Meh, this is retarted... 20 years?? I love how the newscaster was like "he's chain and shackled"...because thats all so very necessary. Give him a fine, slap him on the wrist and send him on his way. The only thing he did that was wrong was not censor the kids faces. Hypothetical - I take a picture of your 5-year-old niece, put a word bubble next to her mouth with the caption "I love big hairy cocks" and post it on every telephone pole in the county where you live. The girl's mother calls you up, crying her eyes out, and her father is in a blinding rage. Would you be ok with giving me a fine and a slap on the wrist? Now imagine I did that to twenty other kids. So, twenty counts of the same offense, and you're still ok with a fine and a slap on the wrist? | ||
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RedTerror
New Zealand742 Posts
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
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snpnx
Germany454 Posts
On February 19 2011 19:04 PanzerKing wrote: Hypothetical - I take a picture of your 5-year-old niece, put a word bubble next to her mouth with the caption "I love big hairy cocks" and post it on every telephone pole in the county where you live. The girl's mother calls you up, crying her eyes out, and her father is in a blinding rage. Would you be ok with giving me a fine and a slap on the wrist? Now imagine I did that to twenty other kids. So, twenty counts of the same offense, and you're still ok with a fine and a slap on the wrist? You'd really want someone that does that to go to prison for 20 years? | ||
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ixi.genocide
United States981 Posts
On February 19 2011 19:04 PanzerKing wrote: Hypothetical - I take a picture of your 5-year-old niece, put a word bubble next to her mouth with the caption "I love big hairy cocks" and post it on every telephone pole in the county where you live. The girl's mother calls you up, crying her eyes out, and her father is in a blinding rage. Would you be ok with giving me a fine and a slap on the wrist? Now imagine I did that to twenty other kids. So, twenty counts of the same offense, and you're still ok with a fine and a slap on the wrist? Yes, even though you are causing duress to these people, it is a bad moment in their life... Maybe a day- a fine and community service would be more than enough punishment for making a joke video that w/ lack of forsight was probably seen as harmless. | ||
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EchoZ
Japan5041 Posts
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PanzerKing
United States483 Posts
On February 19 2011 19:20 ixi.genocide wrote: Yes, even though you are causing duress to these people, it is a bad moment in their life... Maybe a day- a fine and community service would be more than enough punishment for making a joke video that w/ lack of forsight was probably seen as harmless. People get community service for getting caught with a joint or shoplifting a pair of underwear from Duane Reede on their second or third offense. Twenty or more counts of what I just described doesn't strike you as more severe? The reason this is so much more serious is that there's a victim here. The first thing I was told when I started at the DA's office was "you never make an offer (at arraignments) when there's a victim." Why is that the policy? Because we don't want them coming to us later on and saying "How could you let that guy go with a violation and community service? Do you have any idea what happened to my family? I had people laughing at me in the streets, people looking away from me at the grocery store, my mother called me on the phone and said that she heard my daughter was in a sex tape, I was walking down the street and someone yelled that my daughter was a little whore and probably liked being in that video, my daughter won't leave the house because older kids are laughing at her and calling her names at school, etc." Basically, they don't know how seriously these families were impacted. Their office needs time to investigate and create a resolution that's agreeable for all the parties and that serves the interests of justice. So yes, charging a heavy felony at arraignments is perfectly reasonable. Maybe some of these families were seriously traumatized. Maybe they weren't really that affected and they're just mugging it up for the press. The point is that the DA's office has the flexibility to react accordingly, but you bet your ass that, at arraignments, they're going to err on the side of caution. EDIT: Going to bed, can't continue the discussion any longer, but thanks for keeping it civil :-) | ||
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ixi.genocide
United States981 Posts
EDIT: Good night, i enjoy civil debates | ||
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inermis
353 Posts
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Kong John
Denmark1020 Posts
All in all it seems fair to me that he gets punished, but imo it shouldn't be more than a fine or community service. Saying this has anything to do with pedophilia is utter nonsense. | ||
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limonovich
England226 Posts
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Zorgaz
Sweden2951 Posts
Sure the man should have been forced to pay a small sum and do a month of civil work or something, but 20 years?! Sick America can be so stupid sometimes. (No offense I've lived there when i was younger) | ||
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Avaloch
241 Posts
Edit: But 20 years is really a bit too much if the kids were not abused. | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8093 Posts
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