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comment by _refugee_
_refugee_  ·  3753 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System

I think it's ridiculous that the judge gave him such an extensive sentence with fines. What is he punishing the author for, for deliberately breaking the law? Most people who break the law deliberately break it. Is the judge offended and does he consider what the author did "flouting" the law perhaps? "Flagrant disregard"? But the author only showed such 'flagrant disregard' because he was treated carelessly by police, i.e., police did not arrest him on the first, second, third, etc., opportunity that was presented to him. He had to be flagrant in order to even be stopped! He had to keep turning himself in until the police finally accepted his confession! The only 'lesson' the author could learn from the judge is that the judge is unjust.