Is there a “people’s sense of justice”? An exceptional study conducted in Finland sought answers to the question.
The discussion about the severity of punishments comes up regularly. Prime Minister Sanna Marin recently said that she would be ready to increase the penalty scale. But how harsh would criminal sentences be if ordinary Finns decided on them? A rare study found out how citizens’ attitudes to punishment differ from judges’ views.
Citizenwould you like to try the work of a judge?
Take, for example, a drug offence. The perpetrator of the crime is Christian, a 25-year-old man who uses substances, including hard drugs. Kristian decides to import drugs. He has acquaintances in London and gets in touch with cocaine brokers. Kristian travels to London several times. He hides the drugs in his rectum. He can bring half a kilo of cocaine into Finland.
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