there is a substantial disparity between the lenient sentences given to people for serious, wholehearted murder attempts that fail and the sentence one receives for a successful murder.
The perpetrators in both cases may be equally culpable and the attempter may well be more dangerous to society because he will be released fairly soon.
Penal lottery has several variations, but all provide for a person guilty of attempted murder to pull straws that will either sentence him to death, a short incarceration, or he will receive no punishment at all.
Pure luck may have rendered a serious murder attempt unsuccessful.
Some argue that having the perpetrator test his luck at sentencing strikes might be the “balancing the scales.”
The perpetrators in both cases may be equally culpable and the attempter may well be more dangerous to society because he will be released fairly soon.
Penal lottery has several variations, but all provide for a person guilty of attempted murder to pull straws that will either sentence him to death, a short incarceration, or he will receive no punishment at all.
Pure luck may have rendered a serious murder attempt unsuccessful.
Some argue that having the perpetrator test his luck at sentencing strikes might be the “balancing the scales.”
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