SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol to World News@quokk.au · 4 days agoFrench prosecutors request 5-year ban on Marine Le Pen from holding officeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up164
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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoThat’s not really a fair comparison since the Mango Mussolini didn’t even START to see any consequences. Le Pen is actually being charged for her crimes and sentenced to house arrest and a fine, with EXTRA punishment possible to likely. It’s kind of like saying that punishing murder doesn’t help because OJ Simpson wasn’t successfully rehabilitated by his lack of punishment.
minus-squareSolumbran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoIt’s not about rejecting the punishment, but how short it is
That’s not really a fair comparison since the Mango Mussolini didn’t even START to see any consequences.
Le Pen is actually being charged for her crimes and sentenced to house arrest and a fine, with EXTRA punishment possible to likely.
It’s kind of like saying that punishing murder doesn’t help because OJ Simpson wasn’t successfully rehabilitated by his lack of punishment.
It’s not about rejecting the punishment, but how short it is