• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Traitors only get 20 years? Dang, soft punishment for treason, but at least it’s something eh.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t think you understand what 20 years in prison looks like.

      I don’t either, but it sure would ruin my life

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        1 year ago

        Historically, people who attempt to overthrow their government get death. Hell, they still execute Guy Fawkes symbolically every year. And all we do is put them up in prison for 20 years? We’ve gone soft.

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          they still execute Guy Fawkes symbolically every year. And all we do is put them up in prison for 20 years

          Yeah but in reality the UK doesn’t have the death penalty for any crime anymore, including treason.

          Meanwhile the US regularly executes people for a single murder.

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            1 year ago

            Which is why it’s bullshit that someone who attempted to overthrow the government just gets 20 years.

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                I do, insurrection is the only crime I believe should merit the death penalty. Nothing else is even close to how dangerous that is. A murderer may kill a couple of dozen people at most, if someone overthrows the government, that could lead to death for millions and a shifting of history for decades if not centuries. That should be the only capital crime.

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      Guys losing 1/3 of his adult life, and won’t get out of prison before his 60s. I’m extremely anti-j6, but 22 years seems like a nice hefty sentance to me