he was convicted twice prior AND never paid fines against him but ALL he gets is 32 days?
i think it should be 6 months...
I don't really like the idea of locking everyone up until we force those to-be-incarcerated to pay for, or at least contribute significantly, to the cost of their own detention. That's my own separate opinion on imprisonment; however, as far as this story is concerned I object to giving lenient sentences in the first instance.
The purpose of a penalty (be it a fine, criminal record, or imprisonment) is to dissuade actions that are contrary to the law. Where a person, or group of persons, contravenes a particular law, lessening the severity of the sentence (or where no mandatory minimum sentence is legislated) does nothing to dissuade. There are those out there who know they will 'eventually' get caught and will 'eventually' go to jail, but that's their job. There are literally people "for hire" to smuggle drugs, etc. knowing that they'll go to jail, but the risk is worth the reward, in part because they know they won't be locked up forever, nor financially penalized (directly, at least) for their incarceration.
Very, very flawed system.
I do, however, like when judges realize that certain people are d!cks and deserve no leniency.