Re:Apple health data used in murder trial
by philwelch on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:42PM
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Europe has much lighter sentences than the US. Norwegian musician Varg Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years for murder and multiple counts of arson and was released on parole after 14 years.
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Re:Apple health data used in murder trial
by mschuster91 on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:47PM
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... and now he's spreading vile Nazi crap. To be honest, I have no idea what to do with people like him... they certainly don't deserve to be running around free and they're a danger to society, but locking someone up for life is absolutely inhumane too.
Re:Apple health data used in murder trial
by digi_owl on Monday January 15, 2018 @06:07PM
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Since then Norway has introduced a sentence class that can effectively jail someone for life.
Every 5 years after the main sentence the person is reviewed to see if releasing him would be a risk to society. And if deemed such a risk, the sentence is extended by another 5 years.
Norway may implement that in a sensible way, but the UK recently scrapped a similar sentence because it was linked to a bunch of injustices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisonment_for_public_protec...
People would go in for a minor offence, but be seen as high risk, and then stay in for many years.