Thread: Wtf

Originally Posted by Sidney

but my concern is that a victims perception of equity is often not consistent with the laws interpretation, nor with the community societal view and expectation.

However there is a growing wave of feeling that the laws interpretation is way out of step with every other parties expectation, ... including offenders. Sure they plea for as low a sentence as possible as that is even how our economy runs; maximize profits and minimise losses (well the bit of the economy excluding governments that seem to go for the opposite). You could say that they feel the sentences are too low by the fact that they are not already dissuaded from their career path.

That being said, there is definitely a place for the offender to be confronted by the trauma caused, and that may provide assistance to all parties to deal with the ongoing issues of coming to terms with what has happened.

That really only works if they truly are remorseful. Many have shown utter disdain for their victims family, who are in themselves victims.