[sillysaurusx]

Since we're cherrypicking, I was reading over https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette#Notable_incid... and found this gem:

On July 24, 1973, Dallas Police Officer Darrell L. Cain fatally shot Santos Rodriguez, a 12-year-old Mexican-American child, while interrogating him and his brother about a burglary. Cain shot Rodriguez while conducting Russian roulette on the brothers in an attempt to force a confession from them.

In fairness, that was the 70s. But the 70s were also "one generation ago," so it's not exactly ancient history.

(I could imagine myself being skeptical about your comment before having wised up a little, so I thought I'd chime in to say yes, this really does happen.)

[Buttons840]

The officer was charged and convicted and spent 2.5 (two and a half) years in jail. I'm 100% serious.

[gremlinsinc]

2.5 years for a cop in jail is like 100 for a lay-person. /s

[ashtonkem]

Half of what the sentence was, and the minimum legal jail time for that crime.

[ashtonkem]

Only a cop would get away with serving half of their sentence (and not a day more than the minimum) after shooting a child in the head on purpose.