Dutch law and the Peterson case
 

Funny thing: If he would have actually done the crime, the time it takes to handle the case in the US is about the same as the sentence you get here for killing a person, give or take a year or two.

Insane.



Good night;)

4 months for murder? I may have to move to Holland

Well, the murder occured like 3 years ago now, right?

Almost 2.

Murder will typically net you 8-12 years of actual prison time here in Holland. You're probably thinking of manslaughter instead of murder.

Still not a bad deal

may be if there is a few million bucks life insurance policy floating around. I mean, to make it worth the 8 years of ass raping in a state jail?
ummmmmm... no thanx! Rather poor and virgin!

Not much assraping going on in Dutch prisons.

can I ask how you know this?

Prison here is like a hotel.

I have a couple of 'bad' friends who do a couple months jailtime every now and then, when they get out they go back to make millions on drugs.

Easy money and they enjoy the calm when they are 'on holiday'.

Sounds like a real picnic.

I've never been there, but nobody I know who went to prison really minded being there.

Wow, that is really ridiculous. I am not the kind of person who pushes for death penalties and the like, but boy would i be pissed if someone killed a loved one of mine and got 8-12 years in jail for it. Perhaps they should calculate the average life expectancy, the persons age, and than hand down a sentence that reflects the amount of life taken away from the dead individual, with a minimum of 8-12 years.

The maximum you can get here short of a life sentence is 20 years, and with good behaviour, you only have to serve 1/3rd of your sentence.

In my opinion, those who pose a real threat to society should never be released :2 cents:

That is really really fucked up, but not suprising. I can't believe they place that kind of value on a persons life.

yes. they should be kept lock up.

Don't forget whe have TBS in the netherlands. If a psychiatrist sees you have some disorder you will be locked into a closed staterun mental institution after you've finished jailtime.

And then if you don't 'recover' from your mental disorder -and most don't- you will stay there forever.