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4yrs in jail, damages: Finnish man sentenced after defending against home invasion
rt.com ^ | 7/20/2016 | unknown

Posted on 07/22/2016 7:46:15 AM PDT by rktman

The homeowner has been convicted of “excessive self-defense and attempted manslaughter,” Helsinki news reports. He will serve an unconditional sentence for four years and two months, which he has to spend in prison. The man also has to pay damages to his attackers, with the fine totaling €21,000 (US$23,000). The newspaper does not provide information on the severity of injuries sustained by the home-invaders, however, it is known that they survived the event.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: banglist; finland; homeinvasion; robberswin; selfdefense
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To: Oberon

Looking at Scandinavia through US constitutional norms. Works about as well as taking a Spanish dictionary to the KJV bible.


21 posted on 07/22/2016 8:34:41 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: lula

Definitely.


22 posted on 07/22/2016 8:44:46 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: rktman

I thought manslaughter was when you killed someone but didn’t intend to.

So how can you attempt to do something you didn’t intend to do?


23 posted on 07/22/2016 8:57:49 AM PDT by heartwood (If you're looking for a </sarc tag>, you just saw it.)
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To: ZULU; Mr. K

>>Probably when we started paying nearly all their defense costs against Soviet Russia and they could pour ALL their national wealth into vast government funded cradle to grave social programs

This may come as a surprise to you, but the Finns were never part of NATO. So we weren’t covering their defense costs.

The Soviets in the Cold War era were probably skittish about taking on the Finns due to their Winter War experience in 1939-40.


24 posted on 07/22/2016 8:58:27 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

So when did they become such wussies?


25 posted on 07/22/2016 9:00:09 AM PDT by ZULU (Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the New World Order since Barry Goldwater)
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To: rktman

Well heck, if they are going to jail you for defending your own life, you might as well kill every last one.


26 posted on 07/22/2016 9:17:42 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: All

Sometimes society reaches a point where those who rule must be taught a lesson....looks like the Fins are fast approaching.


27 posted on 07/22/2016 9:57:50 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: ZULU

Now THAT is a good question. The Finns who put a big hurtin’ on the Soviets in the Winter War certainly were not wusses. For instance, read up on Simo Hayha.

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/hayha.html


28 posted on 07/22/2016 9:59:50 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Great story. Awesome site. Thank you. Saved it.

But once upon a time the Romans conquered the known world, Scandinavians were the terror of western Europe, and Mongols controlled all of Asia and Britain controlled the globe.

Why do populations go from great to pathetic, mediocre and emasculated?

Maybe at some point the sum total of masculine genes are lost through too many wars and what you are left with we see in western Europe today.


29 posted on 07/22/2016 10:34:06 AM PDT by ZULU (Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the New World Order since Barry Goldwater)
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