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In reply to the discussion: revenge porn site operator cries at his sentencing [View all]kcjohn1
(751 posts)As horrible as his crimes are, you can't lose your empathy as a human being. Not sure how people are taking solace in this individual basically losing a good chunk of his life. I sympathize with him and his family.
18 years is also way too much. I think you can make the case $350 was blackmail, but even for blackmail cases I think that length of sentence is way too much. Overall justice system is whack with crazy sentencing. If you are going to sentence people for this type of crime, how about more serious and violent crimes? Using this scale, you can justify rape being life sentence without parole. Than maybe death sentence for murder, etc.
You can find balance between deterrence, public safety and justice for victims. 18 years is not balance, but just punitive. 3-5 years, lengthy parole would have being appropriate IMO.