[41b696ef1113]

>Homeless people in American have been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for stealing $100

Using an existing injustice in the US to defend another does not make it right.

I am no fan of Holmes or what she did, but locking away people for life is clearly not a winning strategy.

[KumoriNova]

I'm claiming Holmes is a criminal that deserves to be sentenced to the full extent of the law for the crimes she has committed. The US needs to hold criminals accountable for their actions. Otherwise we will continue to have a society full of criminals who exploit the justice system's leniency. 65 years in prison is completely fair for everything she did. In my opinion anyone who believes otherwise either doesn't care about the damage she has caused or doesn't fully understand the damage she has caused.

[lelanthran]

>>Homeless people in American have been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for stealing $100

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> Using an existing injustice in the US to defend another does not make it right.

While that is true, it is also true that the law must be fairly enforced on everyone. Having some people receive lighter sentences for similar-in-intent but larger-in-scale crimes is not fair enforcement.

[simonh]

The US is a jigsaw of different legal jurisdictions with varying laws, legal standards and sentencing practices. A crime in one state with a life sentence might not even be a crime in another. I know this is a federal case, but it seems unlikely the case of the homeless person was too.

[PKop]

How is it clearly not a winning strategy? That doesn't seem clear to me. It would be a losing strategy to view justice for criminals as "injustice"