Florida cop who beat a homeless man and tried to cover it up gets five years in prison

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/ex-hialeah-police-officer-rafael-otano-guilty-of-kidnapping/

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PunnyName@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y

Good. More.

WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y

Scumbag

Harvey656@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Good riddance.

Nathandee@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What does the homeless guy gets?

DougHolland@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y

Beaten.

rynzcycle@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Only five??

WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Five years is a long ass time in prison.
I'm not defending this scumbag at all, but being locked up is not a good time.

rynzcycle@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Florida Statute Section 787.01 imposes a mandatory minimum of 4 years for kidnapping and a maximum of up to life imprisonment. 5.5 years is just shy of the bare minimum he could have gotten.

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

The length of imprisonment directly correlates with the perceived value of the victim.

And I hate it.

Edit: words