http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...54E4CT20090515Quote:
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take his 14-year-old son's virginity as a present was spared jail by a court on Friday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...54E4CT20090515Quote:
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take his 14-year-old son's virginity as a present was spared jail by a court on Friday.
Wow, it took nearly a year for this case to come to trial?!Quote:
The court heard that the father, who came to Britain eight years ago, was arrested last July during an undercover operation by the city's vice squad.
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Judge Jonathan Teare said he would spare the father jail because of his excellent character and that he believed he did not mean any harm to his son.
If this were America, not only would he have been prosecuted long ago, he would have definitely gone to prison.
And his kid would be raised in Foster Care.:hobs:Quote:
Originally Posted by sycld
What? The US has the most backuped judicial system in the world. For the actual trial it probably would have taken close to three years to actually finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by sycld
But he would have gone to jail though, definately.
Yeah our vice cops have better things to do than send a guy to prison for wanting to get his son laid.
Um, no... it would not have taken 3 years to get to trial and finish. It would have taken a couple months to go to trial.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatSocrates
I think it mostly depends on what part of the country you're in, Kansas has a significantly lower prison rate then someplace then say, New York.Quote:
Originally Posted by sycld
Still I think 3 years is a heavy exageration... Even in the most congested parts I'd say a year at MOST.
Hell in Tennessee if you're facing the grand jury on drug charges it takes about 3-9 months to go to trial
This is a good point. But it still stands that usually cases usually don't take a year to go to trial in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sion
going on 11 months and i'm still not done
:P
next time commit a more serious/scapegoatable*/hilarious crimeQuote:
Originally Posted by faesce
*won't someone think of the children!
is this for real? what's happening with the world???
yeah wth is wrong with that?Quote:
Originally Posted by simonj
i dont see where he went wrong tbh