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		account42 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scott Adams has died Are you sure? Judges and juries consider the perpetrator's character beyond the bad deed all the time, both to reduce or increase the penalty.

worthless-trash 2 days ago [–]

Yes, pretty sure, there are repeat offenders of up to 30 times that get exactly the same punishment as they did the first time.

Sadly, I no longer have access to that dataset.

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