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Jail term for climate protester, 77, is disproportionate, says Carla Denyer | Green MP (UK) tells home secretary sending Just Stop Oil activist to prison is unjust and waste of resources (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] xploit@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

~~Also isn't there another news from UK right now mentioning a 79 y/o driver killing someone and not getting jail time?
It's not even surprising at this point sadly.~~ Wrong London as per below, my bad, still pretty fucked up

Edit: this thing... fucking ridiculous
https://slrpnk.net/post/12614517

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That was in London, Ontario Canada

[–] xploit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks, added a note... I read London, my mind goes to UK despite knowing there is one in Canada, and probably like 10 in US.
In hindsight the km/h should have been a a dead giveaway for me.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I didn't mean to take away from anything. Just wanted to let you know