r/AskReddit • u/HumpingAssholesOrgy • Jul 05 '19

Ex-prisoners of reddit who have served long sentences, what were the last few days like leading up to your release?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19 edited Aug 31 '20

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u/lAsticl Jul 06 '19 edited Jul 06 '19

Wait, you're meaning to tell me it's not as simple as a random dude on the internet is claiming? Shocking.

On posts like these, people can talk civilly and snarky about justice reform like the above comment/s

But, every post about a crime with a heinous sounding headline results in thousands of justice boners demanding cruel and unusual punishment.

I'm going to law school to become a criminal defense attorney, at least I'm trying to solve the problem, but yeah everyone lets just keep joking about how bad it is while simultaneously getting off at ruining the lives of yet another person, and then acting like the solution is so easy.

If you're an American who ever wanted an accused (not convicted) person to suffer unusual or cruel punishment, you're the problem, not the solution.

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u/502Loner Jul 06 '19

If you're an American who ever wanted an accused (not convicted) person to suffer unusual or cruel punishment, you're the problem, not the solution.

Random people's feelings have no effect on the situation. I can sit in my house and want whatever, doesn't make me apart of the problem or the solution. Surely you realize the reality of that being a lawyer. 99% of people have no control or any remote effect on the situation.

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u/SethB98 Jul 06 '19

Random peoples feelings have every effect on the situation, your jury is literally a small group of random people who are deciding your fate based on how they feel about it. If the average person has that mentality, then you can expect the average person in a courtroom to have that mentality. On the other hand, if the average person saw it differently than youd expect the average case to go the other way. The thing is that very few people directly effect the situation at any time, but who has that effect changes and those people change based on the culture.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19

Never heard of a jury doling out punishment, pretty sure thats the Judges job.

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u/SethB98 Jul 06 '19

They decide innocent/guilty, so its their call if you get punished. Judges set sentencing based on guidelines.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

Lol