RetiredGySgt
Diamond Member
No Rock, the legislature takes it seriously and imposes a maximum sentence of life. But it's entirely possible (I'm not familiar with English law) that there are other pieces of legislation that impact upon how a court will sentene an individual. The genius of that sort of system is that each case is considered on its merits. That means that justice rather than pure revenge is adminstered.
Wrong, you claimed that because a LIFE sentence was available for rape that meant they took the crime serious. Again if in fact a life sentence is in fact no where near that in reality your entire argument fails.
Just as if I claimed that a sentence of 15 years proved something and it turned out that a sentence of 15 years was really 6 or 7 with good behavior and parole board policies.
The average length of a supposed life sentence is relevant and is important in the argument.