Also to note these increased sentences came in December 2001, I wonder what events could have occurred at the time to drive those increases....
They don't want the law applied to them only the "other".
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They don't want the law applied to them only the "other".
The whole sentencing thing is a mess. Even early 2000's it wasn't unknow for manslaughter cases to get 3 1/2 years custodial. Even now child abuse sentences range from 16 - 18 years in some cases and the Police appeal them as too lenient.
It's debatable if short to mid term jail time works. Prisons are over full so anyone committing a crime where you are likely to get less than a year is probably not going to see jail time. How fair this is on victims of crime i don't know.
I've no doubt her sentence was to act as a deterrent to others based on culpability and harm. If it works i guess only time will tell.
It's debatable if short to mid term jail time works. Prisons are over full so anyone committing a crime where you are likely to get less than a year is probably not going to see jail time. How fair this is on victims of crime i don't know.
I've no doubt her sentence was to act as a deterrent to others based on culpability and harm. If it works i guess only time will tell.
TBF (blech!) Freedom of Speech really is freedom from prosecutions for speech - whilst is something no-one has in its pure form - it's always limited freedom.
Wanting freedom from consequences is something that is generally wanted as well - and never has existed. It's wanting to be able to say what you want, without being contradicted, shouted-over, de-platformed (AKA "cancelled"), or punched in the face etc... All the stuff the right wants for Steven Bray (Stop Brexit guy), but not themselves.
Or a woman gets out of an abusive marriage and she finds a nicer, richer, better looking bloke and the psycho abusive ex comes round and attacks her
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I would argue about "nicer, richer, better looking" though... especially if we look at Europe
Oi, I'm all three
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In geopolitical terms I would say it's fair
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US President Donald Trump warned Vladimir Putin Tuesday that he was "playing with fire," in a fresh jab at his Russian counterpart as he weighs new sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine."What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would...
Yeah bet Vlad's really scared
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Jamie Dimon warned Trump’s agenda would push U.S. allies toward China—Greenland already says it may ‘look elsewhere’ for mining investment
JPMorgan Chase boss warned Trump’s foreign agenda may push America's allies away—and Greenland has hinted this may already be the case.
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US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting
It comes during a Trump crackdown on top universities, which he accuses of failing to combat antisemitism.
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The war on academic institutions continues in the USA. Attacking the courts, attacking law makers, attacking lawyers and attacking academia, these definitely aren't traits seen in the rise of pretty much every despotic regime...
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US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting
It comes during a Trump crackdown on top universities, which he accuses of failing to combat antisemitism.
The war on academic institutions continues in the USA. Attacking the courts, attacking law makers, attacking lawyers and attacking academia, these definitely aren't traits seen in the rise of pretty much every despotic regime...
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British immigration authorities have reportedly been ordered to check people’s social media accounts when they are applying for a UK visa, in a policy echoing
I mean, look at the German system, they currently use social media checks for international student applications, but Bundespolizei are proposing a much more rigorous system, which will probably disrupt and delay applications (or that's what German universities are countering with).
The handbook created by them around Visa fraud, wants interviewers use open sources to design interview questions, looking at risk profiles of incoming students, and individualising targeted questioning.
Infact, the requirements and checks for a school like Ludwig Maximilians are astonishing (as I recently found out lol). Social media checks are currently a thing, but the new systems if implemented (according to family who work there) would be the most intense in the world, and Germans understandably don't want the havoc of implementing a new system, calling it potentially the next Brandenburg.
So, depending on how you view this, it could be seen as further punishment to American universities, or a slight delay in new student visa applications, while they utilise open source technology. The devil will be in the detail I suppose.
Currently, the social media element was added in 2019, it has 1 question on the DS - 160 that asks to identify social media used in the last 5 years. Apparently there are no further checks, and this answer is acknowledged as evidenced based social media use.
According to Pew, of the 500k overstayers in 2023, 42k were student visas, and 10k were fraudulent upon entry.
This is a good report:
Alleged Abuse of the U.S. Student Visa System: A Fact-Based Response
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Ultimately, if this is a change in policy to increase verification and risk profiling, it is very much in line with the western world, who are all exploring these options.
If this is in part of a larger campaign against USA universities, then it's either seen as an attack on higher education to fall in line with ideals more preferential to Trump, or to MAGA supporters draining an activist biased swamp of those who seek to disrupt and coerce the next generation.
Arguments to be made on both sides I suppose. If we look at behaviours on and off campus over the last 10 years, and every study acknowledges a clear and distinct bias to the left by all involved, we can say that Universities do have an issue, needing adressing.
From my POV US universities tend to talk left, allow their staff to promote popular left leaning views, but they certainly act right. I'd rather see the restriction on non productive degrees, the reviewing of cost, and debt allocation to students, and a more robust entry system that doesn't exploit and manipulate hundreds of thousands of kids a year to get lives of debt, and financial hardship for degrees in fields they cannot work.
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Trump administration seeks to pull up to $100m in Harvard funding
Federal agencies will review their grants to the top university to decide whether they should be terminated.
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Yet even more attempts by the Trump admin to financially cripple Harvard.
Anyone who thinks this is genuinely due to antisemitism or discrimination is frankly a ******* moron.
Its the same as he was doing to those law firms, which he is currently getting hammered on in the courts.Trump administration seeks to pull up to $100m in Harvard funding
Federal agencies will review their grants to the top university to decide whether they should be terminated.
Yet even more attempts by the Trump admin to financially cripple Harvard.
Anyone who thinks this is genuinely due to antisemitism or discrimination is frankly a ******* moron.
There is a rumour going about, being denied, that his son, Barron, was refused admission to Harvard. I've no idea how true/false it is, but it would explain a few things.
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Did Barron Trump apply or get rejected by Harvard? What to know about Trump kids' schools
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Melania Trump shoots down rumor Barron applied to Harvard
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It's all speculation, but since it's a trump denying it well ......
Barron's current choice, NYU, is about 40 below Harvard in the us university rankings according to Forbes.
Andrew and Tristan Tate to face 21 charges in UK, prosecutors say
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