If public opinion is allowed to drive sentencing decisions, then the justice system is basically fucked. It's a recipe for huge injustice.
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Correct. But this in no way supports the view that the judge’s decision was right.
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Agreed. It's the independence that's crucial.
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It's an incredibly bad argument, for you could defend light sentences for honour killings on the same basis.
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