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Medical student convicted of raping another student escapes sentence as “He is young and talented” (www.vrt.be)

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[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah in this case I think it's more a case of "hey this guy looks kind of like my son". In this case I think it led to a miscarriage of justice, but I think in other cases that kind of thinking could protect against excessively harsh punishments. In the end I think it comes down to inequality. Bigger inequality shrinks the pool of people judges can intuitively relate to, which in turn makes judgements more unequal.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

And that is why DEI policies were first on the chopping block sadly.