r/nottheonion • u/DerangedUnicorn27 • 6d ago

Convicted child rapist qualifies for Olympics

https://www.newsweek.com/steven-van-de-velde-dutch-beach-volleyball-olympics-1918442
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u/YoungLadHuckleberry 6d ago edited 6d ago

I hate ridiculous leniency like this with complete monsters in some European prisons

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u/mixile 6d ago

They have some of the lowest reoffense rates and lowest incarceration rates in the world. What's more important: reducing crime or getting retribution?

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u/Weird_Ad_1398 6d ago

The Netherlands has an above average recidivism rate of 47% after 2 years. What's more important: reducing crime or virtue signaling about rehabilitation?

And what the fuck kind of rehabilitation do you think a man, who meticulously plotted the grooming and rape of a child over several years, is capable of in just 1 year? A man who by all accounts doesn't even feel guilt for what he's done?

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u/kabukistar 5d ago

Where are you getting those numbers?

This study finds them with a lower recidivism rate than the US or the UK for people who were imprisoned (although higher rates for people sentenced to community service).

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u/Hot-Refrigerator-623 5d ago

Not clicking this link but is this specific to pedophiles or all recidivism in general? I can see a murderer, embezzler never doing it again but not pedophiles.

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u/Bigdoggieee 5d ago

LOL you dont want to click the link but expect someone to tell you...

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u/Hot-Refrigerator-623 5d ago

You go ahead clicking for pedo shit

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u/Fearless_Success_828 5d ago

It’s a link to a scientific journal you moron