What I’m willing to cede to a person I think is downright wrong (our fellow commentor who I replied to) is different than what I’m willing to actually argue for myself. I’m not going to retreat into philosophizing about ideal sentencing rules for ideal worlds in a discussion of a real assault that happened to a real person. Besides, sentencing isn’t the only problem with the justice system. I’m never going to feel bad about seeing a man held publicly, criminally accountable for sexually assaulting a woman or a child. We need a lot more of that right now. The justified lack of faith people have in the justice system dealing with sex crime is a crisis.
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