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   Lower Standards of Punishment

   

   dorpus, Sep 15th, 2005 @ 6:37pm

   
   

   In that country, the philosophy toward crime is based on the European model, which emphasizes leniency and re-integration into society. "Human rights" lawyers have been pushing for these lighter sentences. Criminals that would receive life sentences or even death penalties here spend only several months in prison. On the other hand, rising crime rates, increasing severity of crimes, and an increasing proportion of crime commited by non-Japanese criminals, is slowly shifting attitudes toward harsher sentences.
   
   
   

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   eskayp, Sep 15th, 2005 @ 8:53pm

   
   

   In the USA politicians get reelected in spite of having taken obscenely large donations
   from special interests who later benefit from laws or regulations written to favor the politician's donor.
   And similar to the Japanese phisher, nobody goes to jail:
   "Yes, everyone knows he took the bribe, but nobody can prove he acted on it."
   The phisher should immigrate and run for office, he already has the qualifications.

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   Re: Lower Standards of Punishment

   

   Anonymous Coward, Sep 16th, 2005 @ 8:15am

   
   

   And for years Japan routinely covered up the details of violent crime. In 1990 a Filipino worker died of hepatitis, according to the death certificate. However her body also happened to have 37 stab wounds.

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   Anonymous of Course, Sep 16th, 2005 @ 10:55am

   
   

   I hope this practice doesn't spread to other countries.

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