Bolivia’s former interim president, Jeanine Anez, has been charged with genocide and other crimes over the deaths of 20 people who protested the ousting of the country’s longtime socialist leader, Evo Morales, in 2019.
If a life sentence for one murder isn't a deterrent, life for a hundred won't be, either.
Given the relative frequency at which anyone is actually prosecuted for mass murder relative to more banal crimes, I'm fine with limiting overall criminal liability. That's preferable to the US system of trying to tack on unlimited time for every conceivable infraction.
If a life sentence for one murder isn't a deterrent, life for a hundred won't be, either.
Given the relative frequency at which anyone is actually prosecuted for mass murder relative to more banal crimes, I'm fine with limiting overall criminal liability. That's preferable to the US system of trying to tack on unlimited time for every conceivable infraction.