• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    She hasn’t been sentenced and the maximum for rape is

    • For Aggravated sexual abuse with children: Life imprisonment without parole or any term not less than 30 years

    • For all other Federal Sexual Abuse cases: Life without parole or any other term

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      3 days ago

      Unpopular opinion: When the minimum prison sentence for child abuse is higher than that for murder, every child abuser has a strong incentive to kill their victim, getting rid of the most dangerous witness with no further risk to themselves.

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          3 days ago

          Yes, and getting charged 30+ years no matter what makes any additional punishment completely irrelevant.
          No criminal is ever deterred from crime by the thought that it could get worse than 30 years in prison.