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A comment on Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison. Parent comment

Re:Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison by dooglius on Saturday May 11, 2019 @01:53PM (#19887402)
> He doesn't need to be found guilty of those offences for it to factor into sentencing

That seems very wrong to me, the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" should extend to sentencing

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Re:Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison by luckylion on Saturday May 11, 2019 @02:16PM (#19887514)
> That seems very wrong to me, the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" should extend to sentencing

That's quite impossible, isn't it? Motives regularly play a role in sentencing and you cannot prove those, only deeds. You can believe it to be very likely that somebody did X because of Y and not because of Z, but you can't prove it.

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