littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Ok, I'm really not interested in sentencing guidelines. That's not my guide as to the wrongness of a thing. And you're right that it feels wrong and impossible to grade things like that. But I also think you're at crossed purposes with grandma death, because he wasn't suggesting it was somehow an either/or: 'well at least I didn't...' as if that mitigated what someone did do.
I would think that sentencing guidelines also reflect other things, such as the danger of a person to the rest of us. A man who drags someone off under threat of violence and rapes them needs to be sent to prison for a very long time as he is dangerous. A man who rapes a woman when drunk and is sincerely sorry afterwards may not represent the same level of danger.
I would think that sentencing guidelines also reflect other things, such as the danger of a person to the rest of us. A man who drags someone off under threat of violence and rapes them needs to be sent to prison for a very long time as he is dangerous. A man who rapes a woman when drunk and is sincerely sorry afterwards may not represent the same level of danger.