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andrepdtoday at 10:24 AM1 replyview on HN

Rape and child molesting is often, unfortunately, hard to prove in a court of law. This case is the opposite.


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graemeptoday at 10:42 AM

You are missing the point. When these crimes are proved in court they get lower sentences. The lower conviction rates are unavoidable. The shorter sentences are not.

I remember once reading two bits of news about people given similar sentences. One for copyright infringement, the other for sexual assault of a teenager.

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