• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Do heterosexual couples ever get sentences this harsh? I’m not saying they are innocent, I’m saying I don’t hear this sort of sentence being laid down normally and this is Georgia.

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      9 hours ago

      I think the recordings over multiple years probably contributed to, but you’re right. I’ve never seen (that I recall) such a long sentence unless a hetero abuser kills or tortures.

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        9 hours ago

        https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/vile-couple-jailed-100-years-34371242
        (article without pay wall)

        looks fair considering :
        traumatic text inside :

        (…) They pleaded guilty to multiple charges including aggravated sodomy, child molestation, incest and sexual exploitation of children.

        The two men recorded the abuse to share with a ring of paedophiles. Prosecutors in Georgia, US, described their home as a “house of horrors”.

        The Zulocks adopted their sons from a Christian special-needs agency in 2018 were then five and three years old.
        (…)

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