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[–] Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

"Murder in Victoria carries a potential maximum sentence of 15 years in prison." Now that's wild.

[–] Mitchie151@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

It's actually 25, there was a typo in the article that they fixed.

[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why? Prison is supposed to be rehabilitative. In America it is 100% punitive instead, but Australia retains like 25% of the rehabilitation concept.

[–] Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm all for rehabilitation. But according to the University of Adelaide, almost half of prisoners released in 2018-19 returned to prison within two years. Not much rehabilitation going on there. Also, if we're talking about rehabilitation, fixed lengths for prison sentences make no sense. A prisoner should then be released into society when they have been rehabilitated, not after a fixed amount of years.

[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I agree, hence why I said Australia is like 25% still about rehab, were 75% like the US where it's just punitive. If we actually moved towards proper rehab like some European states then we'd see improvement in outcomes.

[–] zik@zorg.social 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's actually 25. But it's amazing to think that people in Florida can get 30 years just for possessing some weed. I think it might be the US that has the problem here.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And I thought 25 years in Portugal was low.