The average user of Lemmy has more empathy with a two times convicted rapist than with Amber Heard or that one woman from this atrocious Tiger King series.
Jep, Not even two years for his second rape.
Murder doesn't get laughable sentences. Like under two years for a repeated offender.
Murderes also normally don't have a whole bunch of people online rallying behind their right of redemption. It's only rapists who get this and suddenly everyone turns into Jesus online and demands the victims better forgive them!
Why is this "especially relevant to rape cases"?
What do you think can restorative justice look like for crimes like torture (that is what rape is)?
"Trauma is part of life"? Murder and dieing is also part of life. Sorry, but that just doesn't make sense. Trauma in a clinical sense is certainly not "part of life".
There is no reason why rape is judged much less severely than torture though.
In the absolute majority of rape cases there is no bettering themselves happening because the rapists never face any consequences to begin with.
There sadly are even more countries that are completely under control of religious leaders. Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan, .... Vatican City (they even have something like their own military).
In theory, he doesn't know whether he's the only one. They could all be fake Nazis and no one knows.
This doesn't work if you have a clash of cultures, though. How do you enforce that on people with a different culture and is that even okay?
For example, I read books to and with young kids in the local library once a month to help them learn the language (German). I have a hard time explaining to some of them and their parents(!) that it's not okay to just take the books and, for example, sell them online.
I had a discussion with a woman who took an entire stack of identical books and she thought, since no one is checking her bags and she can easily take them, why shouldn't she?
The same with rules for walking over a red light or driving your bike like a crazy person. There is no police in sight, why shouldn't you walk over a red light or speed through the shopping street?
Cultural rules seem to be good on a first glance. But they are a fickle thing. And people who aren't used to them are confronted with potential pitfalls.
You need police and fines because at one point just relying on cultural norms won't work anymore. Police can be done much better, though. And instead of fines people should use community service more.
That is why I wrote community service as the better solution.
There is nothing to educate about why people shouldn't steal the books from the library to sell them just because "no one checks my bags". At that point, talking doesn't work. Believe my, I tried. Having to work for the community might work, because it has a chance of giving the feeling of accomplishment and belonging when done right.
The only other thing that works is to ban her and her kid from the library when they keep stealing books. Which isn't a good solution at all.