Son of Norway’s crown princess convicted of rape and sentenced to four years in prison
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Other countries and their silly notions that people born into wealth should be held accountable for doing bad things within a society.
Tbf, he wasn't born into wealth, as he's the son of the now crown princess from a prior marriage, before she married the crown prince.
I mean, she was a big fan of Epstein, maybe the son got shown some behaviour
He was still under police protection. Nobody can flaunt drugs like that if not. They fucking told him they knew he was dealing, but didn’t touch him.
See, the great thing about democracies (compared to monarchies) is that the heads of state and their families are subject to the same laws as everyone else...oh, wait.
Norway is both a monarchy and a democracy. There are several countries in Europe that are considered to be some of the most democratic in the world, which just happen to have a monarch as the head of state instead of a president.
What you are thinking of is an absolute monarchy, rather than a constitutional monarchy.
No, what I was thinking of was a cheap joke.
That's fair
Four. Years. 😒
It's reasonable. Norway doesn't really hand out long sentences in general. He did not get special treatment
Given that murder would have probably 15, that's quite fair
I mean, I expected the son of a royal to get off Scott free so I'm pleasantly surprised.
I mean, is that short in your books?
It depends on what rehabilitation looks like and whether it continues after release. Rape destroys a whole life, mental and physical. Restitution should include a lifetime of whatever the victim needs to regain a semblance of whole health.
Victims should not play a part in sentencing.
Oh yeah, the victim is going to be just fine, trust me bro.
It certainly can, but it doesn't always, people respond in all kinds of different ways.
I hope it's never your sister, daughter, aunt, mother.
Nice strawman. I said what I said.
Now that's a five head. Some pure genes.
He's about as royal as you and me. He's just the child from a former relationship of the woman who then married the 'real royal' prince.
Well, he is a violent criminal in the second generation...
Did Trump already threaten Norway with taxes?
Joffrey Barratheon to prison, nice.