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@KitaYama Some crimes are defined in the Federal code. Anything that crosses state lines in particular as well as capital crimes such as murder and attempted murder. Other crimes are prosecuted in state courts. State judges are much more inclined to be lenient. If both codes apply, I think the Feds get priority. Some state judges are ridiculously lenient as in the cases you mentioned. The latest idiocy is a young girl who's father tried to murder her in front of her school because she refused to marry an older man. Sharia law allows this. The judge seemed to think the father had grounds and gave him 20 months for attempted murder. He normally would have gotten 10 years +. I'm going to guess that the girl is a minor (she's still in high school and probably shouldn't be leaving to get married anyway) and the 20 months takes us past her 18th birthday. There also may have been younger children in the home and the mother and other children would have no one to support them while the father is incarcerated.
The question is, would a white man who was not a Muslim be given such leniency?
The question is, would a white man who was not a Muslim be given such leniency?