• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 days ago

    Yes, actually. Canada has really felt like it’s moving in the right direction, although it’s been slow and rocky.

      • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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        11 days ago

        To go into some more details-
        Good: Serious crimes are punished - I don’t expect anyone to get away with murder. There are no political crimes, you won’t get imprisoned for being against the government. Minimal religious influence on laws.
        Bad: Small crimes like theft is are not treated consistently. Unlike some who call for harsher penalties I disagree. I think the penalties are appropriate but a lot of cases go ignored. If every case was processed even with a metaphorical slap on the wrist, there would basically be no theft.
        To be seen: Command responsibility. Recently there was a case where a government official’s inaction during a natural disaster resulted in people dying. Some would have died anyway but it could have been minimized if they acted quickly. The trial is in progress, we’ll see what comes of it, but the laws exist.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    11 days ago

    There are many things wrong with the laws in the US. I’m not even sure where I’d start

    But the other bigger problem is enforcement. Some people do a murder and get a nationwide search. Others the victims family get a “lol can’t help you”.

    Recommend reading “the new Jim Crow” for one look at one part of this.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      I became anti-death penalty because the real world data of how it has been applied clearly shows the state does not apply it evenly to all. It disproportional is applied to people of color. Moreover, the state has shown it doesn’t convict evenly, so not only can people be wrongfully convicted at a higher rate for some, but they can even be put to death by the state. So innocent people are being wrongfully convicted and even put to death. Until we, as a society, can apply laws and punishments evenly, we cannot have laws and punishments only for some. So the death penalty should be off the table.

      Fiscally, the death penalty is also more expensive to enforce than life in prison. So ethically or fiscally, the death penalty should be abolished.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
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    9 days ago

    No

    No

    But also I’m Brazilian. “The law is just a suggestion” is ingrained into the fundamental flesh of our culture. People who are sticklers for the law are setup and punchline all in one here.

  • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Germany. For the most part, yes.

    More than laws, the main issue is probably the understaffed prosecution and court system.

  • Kaboom@reddthat.com
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    11 days ago

    I’m in America, and I think they’re mostly reasonable. I can name a few laws that aren’t, but I’d say that most of it is reasonable.

  • Freshparsnip@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I guess in theory most laws in Canada make sense. Court process is slow though. I think drugs should be decriminalized

  • underreacting@literature.cafe
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    11 days ago

    For a layperson I have a very good knowledge of my country’s laws, but there are more laws I don’t know than I do know, so I can’t really answer this question. The laws I know I understand, and thus they seem reasonable enough for me.

    How they are enforced though… With high burden of proof comes low rates of convictions, for better and worse. I’m privileged enough that the system mostly works in my favour so can’t really speak on that either, as I lack nuanced experiences.

    Personally I’m more happy to not have been sentenced for any of my own potential infractions, than I am pissed to have my offenders/attackers never even questioned by police. I can get justice in other ways than through criminal law anyway.