Thai child trafficker sentenced to record 374 years in jail

[LukKrueng 879]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

In both cases, courts capped the imprisonment period at 50 years in accordance with Thai law.

If the max imprisonment period is 50 years what's the point of any sentencing longer than that??  

[Prairieboy 1,425]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai trafficker was sentenced to a record 374 years in jail for child trafficking

He'll be free by the time he reaches 405 years old!  Surely he should no longer be a danger to anyone by then!

[anicon 20]

..why bother paying a fine when you get a life sentence, what can they do if you don't..

[Oziex1 9,386]

19 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Why not just give a life sentence with no possibility of parole? 

It makes a mockery of the justice system, but do we really expect anything different.

The best justice system the rich can buy. 

[Dukeleto 1,025]

2 hours ago, Matzzon said:

As they already have something called a death sentence and life in prison and that is not working. Then one would assume that this vill only be a deterrent if the person in question would manage to live 374 years.

Actually any sentence over 50 years is pointless and purely symbolic as it is capped to a max of 50 years. However with the offender already 31 yo odds are he will die in prison...hopefully!

[soalbundy 16,445]

22 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Who said he's getting out?

sentence will be capped at 50 years in accordance with the law so he will be 81 if he lasts that long.

[Benmart 4,178]

4 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Due to the listed reporters I find this story lacking credibility.

But check out the BBC documentary on Iraq sex trafficking by Imams...

Iraq has nothing to do with this story. Perhaps you can post on the Iraqi Visa Forum. Focus.

[Oziex1 9,386]

Call me a cynic, now this unconnected fellow is out of the game, I'm sure someone else is going to pick it up. Maybe some untouchable.  

[ttrd 1,147]

4 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Due to the listed reporters I find this story lacking credibility.

But check out the BBC documentary on Iraq sex trafficking by Imams...

RE - Due to the listed reporters I find this story lacking credibility.

 

.... not unlike this post ...

[leither69 474]

Bet he's out on bail pending an appeal!!

[bananafish 338]

Good, though I suspect he'll get out in 200 with good behaviour. 

[Suradit69 14,486]

5 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Due to the listed reporters I find this story lacking credibility.

But check out the BBC documentary on Iraq sex trafficking by Imams...

You seem to be quite interested in child trafficking stories. I guess everyone needs a hobby.

[Suradit69 14,486]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Why not just give a life sentence with no possibility of parole? 

In theory ...

 

"Why sentence someone to hundreds or even thousands of years of incarceration when a simple “life without parole” would have the same effect? Sentencing laws vary across the world, but in the United States, the reason people get ordered to serve exceptional amounts of prison time is to acknowledge multiple crimes committed by the same person.

“Each count represents a victim,” says Rob McCallum, Public Information Officer for the Colorado Judicial Branch. McCallum is referring to the sentence handed down to James Eagan Holmes. In July 2012, Holmes opened fire inside an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, killing 12 people and injuring a further 70. Holmes was tried for two counts of murder for every person he killed. (In Colorado, you can be charged with two kinds of first-degree murder: murder “after deliberation,” and murder “with extreme indifference.” Due to the nature of his attack, Holmes was found guilty of both.) In July 2015, Holmes received 12 life sentences, and an additional 3,318 years for other, related crimes. "

 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whats-the-point-of-sentencing-anyone-to-141000-years-in-prison

 

 

Edited October 18 by Suradit69

[hotchilli 6,303]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A court in Thailand's southern province of Phang Nga sentenced him to 374 years in jail for his crimes and ordered him to pay 800,000 Thai baht ($26,000) in compensation to each of the five victims, according to court documents provided to the Thomson Reuters Foundation by the Court of Justice.

374 years for the accumulated crimes is fine, capped to 50 years is acceptable as long as parole is ruled out... but 800,000 baht to each of the 5 victims (4 million baht), I'd like to know how that's going to be achieved?

 

[nchuckle 1,163]

2 hours ago, LukKrueng said:

If the max imprisonment period is 50 years what's the point of any sentencing longer than that??  

Because like big multiple exhaust pipes connected to nothing they 'look good'