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A$AP Rocky found guilty of assault over Stockholm brawl – rapper is spared prison

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    kaveri
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    Be it someone else, some sort of prison sentence would have been likely. I am baffled how the compensation was made so small, considering rapper's financial situation. Although I do listen to his...

    Be it someone else, some sort of prison sentence would have been likely. I am baffled how the compensation was made so small, considering rapper's financial situation. Although I do listen to his music, I think everyone should be responsible for their actions, "especially" public figures that influence many people.

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      cfabbro
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      Are you Swedish and familiar with the particulars in the case? I ask because, if so, would a prison sentence really have been the likely outcome had the perpetrators not been famous? It's my...

      Are you Swedish and familiar with the particulars in the case? I ask because, if so, would a prison sentence really have been the likely outcome had the perpetrators not been famous? It's my understanding that the Swedish justice system is far more reticent to put people in jail than the American one, so a fight in which no-one was seriously injured doesn't strike me as something that would result in prison time there, but I am not Swedish so don't know for sure.

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      1. mycketforvirrad
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        The Swedish justice system tends to sway more towards looking for other alternatives to prison sentences. Although it is also true to say that verdicts of assault and perjury often result in...

        The Swedish justice system tends to sway more towards looking for other alternatives to prison sentences. Although it is also true to say that verdicts of assault and perjury often result in prison terms here, as determined through case law.

        There are always lots of factors in play with any case going through the courts, and there is a strong possibility that they factored in his length of time in detention and the fact that he had been goaded into the crime when he was sentenced.

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    2. vakieh
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      TBH I think it's more likely to do with the race of the victim than the diplomatic side or the fame of the attacker.

      TBH I think it's more likely to do with the race of the victim than the diplomatic side or the fame of the attacker.