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Don't you think it's a bit harsh? In the UK you can get away with so much more and hardly get any jail time. The question on most peoples mind is, was 37p really worth it?
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Robbery of 37p leads to 22 years in jail [URL]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1038938.html[/URL]
A court in Turkey has sentenced six children to up to 22 years in prison for stealing less than 40 pence from two classmates.
The children, who at the time of the incident three years ago were aged between 11 and 15 years, were found guilty of theft and using threatening behaviour.
The court heard they threatened two children with a knife and stole 1 million Turkish lira - around 37 pence.
The judge ruled that the children had been old enough to realise what they were doing and its consequences.
After two years in custody the oldest children have now been sentenced to 22 years in jail with the youngest children given 10 year sentences. None of the children have been named.
They are appealing to the country's High Court.
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Robbery of 37p leads to 22 years in jail [URL]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1038938.html[/URL]
A court in Turkey has sentenced six children to up to 22 years in prison for stealing less than 40 pence from two classmates.
The children, who at the time of the incident three years ago were aged between 11 and 15 years, were found guilty of theft and using threatening behaviour.
The court heard they threatened two children with a knife and stole 1 million Turkish lira - around 37 pence.
The judge ruled that the children had been old enough to realise what they were doing and its consequences.
After two years in custody the oldest children have now been sentenced to 22 years in jail with the youngest children given 10 year sentences. None of the children have been named.
They are appealing to the country's High Court.
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If you stole 40p from someone at my old school the teachers would barely even care they'd just make you give it back, not giveyou 22 years in prison.
"what are you in for?"
"stole 37 pence, innit"
"stole 37 pence, innit"
They should have learned that from 'Midnight Express' really.
Like me, never go to Turkey and if I do don't have one bit of hash on me.
Like me, never go to Turkey and if I do don't have one bit of hash on me.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> You could actually stab a few people with a knife in the UK and not
> get that much jail time.
Yep, and for me that is a real show of how crappy our system can be.
> You could actually stab a few people with a knife in the UK and not
> get that much jail time.
Yep, and for me that is a real show of how crappy our system can be.
Extreme crime, Extreme puncishment.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> You could actually stab a few people with a knife in the UK and not
> get that much jail time.
> You could actually stab a few people with a knife in the UK and not
> get that much jail time.
English_Bloke wrote:
> Yep, the sentance is harsh, but when I read this part...
>
> "The court heard they threatened two children with a
> knife"
>
> I think, do I really care?
My feelings exactly. The charge clearly goes beyond theft, this is a case of some sort of extreme violence being used/threatened upon children.
> Yep, the sentance is harsh, but when I read this part...
>
> "The court heard they threatened two children with a
> knife"
>
> I think, do I really care?
My feelings exactly. The charge clearly goes beyond theft, this is a case of some sort of extreme violence being used/threatened upon children.
You could actually stab a few people with a knife in the UK and not get that much jail time.
Yep, the sentance is harsh, but when I read this part...
"The court heard they threatened two children with a knife"
I think, do I really care?
"The court heard they threatened two children with a knife"
I think, do I really care?
Heh, now that's zero tolerance.
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