by the way. If you kill a child the murderer here in Germany just get 10 or 15 years prision and probably can be free earlier but if you cheat the government out of taxes you get 20 years. I often think would we be in the US this murderer would get the death penalty or 50 years but we are too soft with killers.
1st of all
Germany does indeed sentence people for murder to less time
than in the USA
and NOT COINCIDENTALLY
German violent criminals are far less likely to kill after serving their time which is administered with an eye towards their rehabilation
WHILE
in the USA, we sentence people to LONGER & PUNITIVE driven jail sentences
and have many ex-cons that are neither rehabilitated or much less dangerous
2ndly
it should come as no surprise that
governments sentence people to punitive jail sentences when the crime in question involves their almost always most important agenda;
squeezing as much $ from people that it can
3rdly
sometimes i wonder if i will ever understand how many
and the degree to much so many people seem to accept through implication
that is never ever proven and often cannot be!
see
this whole length of sentence / comparitve like comments about the USA & Germany
is based on some pretty staggering assumptions regarding crimes rates, motive for such crimes & sentencing
i mean does anyone in their right mind believe that people who committ serious violent felonies are likely to be considering 'likely length of sentence'
or do some kind of risk
versus gain analysis
before they hurt someone?
&
I didn't make any connection between modern Germany and Hitler's regime. That was Robby.
i'd like to clarify here that i was commenting on was that
what courts give they can also take away
that it is why i try to never leave my rights up to 'the law'