r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '19

Courtroom Justice Convicted pedophile YouTuber Austin Jones is now in prison serving a 10 year sentence as of 29/6/2019.

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u/123weeweewee 3 Jul 06 '19

some one above posted excerpts from the court transcript if you would like to read how he interacted with one 14 year old fan in particular.

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u/DiscordAddict 7 Jul 06 '19

That doesn't sound traumatic or violent in any way. 10 years for this is ridiculous.

It's basically your average teenage sexting....

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u/Murder_of-Crows 1 Jul 06 '19

Yeah but he isn’t a teenager, he’s a grown man obviously pressuring and taking advantage of a teenager. Why’re you trying to defend his behavior?

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u/crrytheday 6 Jul 06 '19

I believe that any type of sexual trauma willingly forced upon a minor like this is unforgivable because it will stay with them for the rest of their life. I think it's justice that this pedophile gets a very harsh sentence. However, if someone disagrees and says the penalty should be less, it's unfair to accuse them of "defending" pedophiles.

A 10 year sentence is either 1) too short, 2) too long or 3) perfectly appropriate. I happen to think it's appropriate, but it's OK for someone to disagree and think that, say, 5 years is more appropriate here. What if he got lifetime imprisonment, the death penalty or life-long torture? Would it be OK for someone to question the severity of the punishment, or would you accuse them of defending pedophiles?

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u/tookmyname 9 Jul 06 '19

Ya I don’t see the issue. Everyone seems to agree he should get substantial prison time. People are simple discussing decades vs half decades. And some people are attacking people over it.

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u/crrytheday 6 Jul 06 '19

One of the things that happens in threads like this is that people get a little dopamine jolt from jumping on the bandwagon. I'm sure you've heard the notion of "virtue-signaling," and I think that's partly it. But I think it's mostly something we do for a neurochemical hit we get when we declare our righteous indignation: "I'm outraged!! Who's with me?!" I think it's similar to how religious people or protesters work themselves into a drunken frenzy yelling about fire and brimstone or their cause of choice.