What is the point of

@vandana7 (98787)
India
April 26, 2018 12:44am CST
a) long imprisonment for people who may not live that long? 162 years plus 93 years without parole? Is justice served? b) posthumous exonerations - like in the case of commander of USS Indianapolis, McVay, and some Nazis who had helped the Jews during holocaust. The guy in the pianist for example. https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/29/us/uss-indianapolis-sinking-anniversary/index.html
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of longest prison sentences ever given to a single person, worldwide. Listed are instances where people have been sentenced to jail terms in excess of a human lifetime. Note t
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Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
26 Apr 18
It is a long list Reading the title I remembered yesterday's verdict on that old man.
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vanny
@vandana7 (98787)
• India
26 Apr 18
The guy needed to go. Hanged in public because he was a public figure.
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Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
26 Apr 18
@vandana7 But our judiciary or government will not dire to do this. Pity!
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
26 Apr 18
It's one way of letting people know that when one committed a crime like that, they are sure not to be able to get out of prison and die in it. It's an exaggeration actually, since you know that person's average life is just 70.
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vanny
@vandana7 (98787)
• India
26 Apr 18
Wouldn't simple thing like life sentence do?
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
26 Apr 18
@vandana7 I think, they were made to deter people from making those heinous crimes.
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
26 Apr 18
it's to make absolutely certain the person never gets out.
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vanny
@vandana7 (98787)
• India
26 Apr 18
162 years? Really..lol What is it with 93 years no parole..why not 100 years no parole..
WorDazza
@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
26 Apr 18
Those long sentences are basically just saying 'Life imprisonment. And we really mean life'. Although why they don't just say that I have no idea!! The posthumous exonerations are probably more for the descendants of the individual involved. How would you feel if, say, your grandfather had been wrongly convicted of something and was viewed as some sort of evil monster by everyone? The posthumous exoneration removes that stigma from the descendants.
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vanny
@vandana7 (98787)
• India
26 Apr 18
I was reading the lives of some people even among Nazis, who were good, but suffered in post Nazi era. It sure feels bad if they had to suffer even if they did good.
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vanny
@vandana7 (98787)
• India
26 Apr 18
@WorDazza Yes..that is so true. Wehrmacht Wilm Hosenfeld's case is such. Sad. The movie The Pianist showed him in good light.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
26 Apr 18
@vandana7 There is a tendency to treat people collectively rather than as individuals. When a label is applied to someone they are no longer seen as an individual and often it is assumed that their behaviour and beliefs must fall into the stereotypes associated with that label.
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