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[darwinatrix]

This is Major-General Armstrong.

Yesterday, an imPort tribunal, in accordance with the laws and regulations of this world and this nation, found Dr. Jonathan Crane guilty of multiple crimes too numerous to list here. [She sets her jaw, and her tone is slightly sour in the next part; she's not happy about the leniency of the sentence.] According to the laws governing imPorts, he'll be held in prison for two months with a further two months' house arrest. He'll be observed as necessary and will undergo close psychiatric monitoring, while separated from non-imPort prisoners and kept under guard.

That's all. Armstrong out.

[Such a weak sentence. She doesn't understand why the local laws for imPorts are so toothless. She'd have just shot him, herself.]

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audio | id reads "power girl"

[boobwindow]

House arrest. Great.

[ Oh, the disdain is more than clear in her voice. ]

I didn't say it then and I meant to, but thank you for handling Crane.

[ She might not be entirely fond of the idea of RISE (too militaristic for her tastes), but she's about to disregard the efforts they put into this. ]

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[darwinatrix]

I don't write the laws, unfortunately. Whoever did seems to think that this is an appropriate punishment.

But if he steps out of line again, we'll be watching.

text - ID reads Kid Flash

[runningstart]

that is such BULL

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[darwinatrix]

Yes.

I'm aware.

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[restingstitchface]

[Oh, she must be seething. The thought of it couldn't make him happier.]

It's good to see justice done, isn't it?

[Hashtag yolo?]

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[darwinatrix]

In a sense, yes.

You won't be able to take a shit without anyone knowing about it from now on, Crane. I'll accept neutering you as some sort of justice.

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[mousquetaire]

Four months in total, for multiple murders.

[ Actually, 'multiple' doesn't even cover it. And there'd been intent to murder more, besides, not to mention all of the people who were injured and didn't die.

This is not justice. ]

Is there some thought that he's innocent? I cannot conceive that a man guilty of murder could see jail for a sixth of a year. That cannot be right.

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[darwinatrix]

He was convicted unanimously. The laws about sentencing in this place for imPorts are quite clear.

Idiotic, but clear.

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[112ounces]

They should've put a bullet to his head.

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[darwinatrix]

If it were up to me alone, he'd be in front of a firing squad.

[beneathbluerafters]

That's it?! Why isn't he dead?!

[darwinatrix]

Because the laws of this place were written by damn fools, that's why.

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[bindsthedead]

[Sabriel tries to hide her frustration- but her voice is oddly tense.]

We'll need to speak to the government about changing those laws. If someone from this world did what Crane did, they'd be imprisoned for the rest of their lives, at the very least.

[Private; still audio]

I'm going to keep working on binding spells- not just restricting powers, but possibly what people can actually do. It's probably not legal, but if they keep letting people like Crane off, it may be safer.

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[darwinatrix]

I should say so. That he's being let off this trivially is nonsense.

[Private.]

Do it. The next time he so much takes a step out of line, I'm thinking we won't nearly be as careful taking him into custody. He might fall down some stairs and break something.

Several times.

Video;

[knifecollecting]

[Jo is shaking her head when she starts the video. She wasn't affected, because she's never seen a reason to go to swear-ins after her first one, but still.]

That's bullshit. Who decided on that sentence?

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[darwinatrix]

Some damned fool politician who wrote the laws I had to sentence him by.

audio; id reads robin

[performance]

Four months? That's— but he killed people!

audio;

[bindsthedead]

We know. Believe me, we all know.

But RISE is bound by the law, and the laws regarding imPort punishment are ridiculously lenient. I want to work to change that, but until then...

voice; id reads green lantern

[aviate]

Please tell me the psychiatric monitoring is going to be a lot longer than four months.

[What the hell was the point of him kicking up this fuss if this was it?]

voice; id reads robin

[performance]

As if it'll even matter. He'll just do his sadistic thing to any psychiatrist they throw at him.

[ This is it? This is what everyone was losing it over? ]

[airshow]

You're freaking kidding me.

You know, just for perspective, I got a longer sentence than that back home for robbing a rubber duck factory.

[darwinatrix]

As much as I wish I were, I'm not. The laws were very explicit.

[Action] because I do what I want (actually because they'd be at headquarters but hey)

[equinamity]

[Hawkeye is with you on the distaste for the result of the local laws, Armstrong. So much so that she'd not even both to reply to your post about it--if she hadn't bumped into you immediately after you'd made it, which was about two minutes after the announcement had been made, which means it was about thirty seconds after she'd found out--

Hawkeye looks fairly put out, making no attempt to hide her frown and unaware of her own anxious expression. The idea of Crane back on the streets in four months makes her inordinately nervous.

Anyway, she's brought a file from the main polic department in Heropa, and deposits it on Armstrong's desk with a frown.]

Sir, the local police department has requested that the report on the capture of doctor Crane be reevaluated and completed in more detail.

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[darwinatrix]

[Olivier is clearly in a bad mood from the sentence, and glowers ice at Hawkeye before looking down at the document.] Tch, bureaucracy. What the hell more do they want?

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[justimom]

Is prison and house arrest truly the highest form of punishment you could give to him? [ Justice is fail here. ]

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[darwinatrix]

It seems like unfortunately, it is. The laws of this place are a joke.

[incendere]

Two months, huh?

[The controlled way he speaks is his attempt of trying not to blow something up. Two months was not a lot of time considering the crime committed. And then to just throw him in house arrest?]

Ridiculous. What are the details pertaining to his house arrest? Was a parole officer assigned to him?

[darwinatrix]

I'll be in charge of assigning that. It'll have to be a rotation, with them being monitored for changes in behavior.

Hell, I want cameras in every room in his house. I won't have him working his poison if I can help it.

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[infomodder]

[holy shit what is with the rude parade right now]

You did the best you could with what you were given. There's something to be commended in that.

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[darwinatrix]

I did my job, but the result is ridiculous. Were it up to me, I'd have had the son of a bitch shot.

audio; ID: wild tiger

[earnedmystripes]

[A sigh can be heard.]

Guess it's better than probation, at least. [However cold a comfort that might be.]

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[darwinatrix]

Barely, but yes.

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[makethman]

The government wouldn't fold in this case?

[Un-fucking-believable.]

I suppose we aren't so lucky to be able to place him at the mercy of gen pop.

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[darwinatrix]

It would seem not. If anyone were to go after him from this point, they'd be labeled vigilantes.