"Making or selling a signal jammer could lead to up to five years in prison or an unlimited fine."
I can understand you like to make some devices illegal. But really, five years prison, unlimited fine. Is everybody insane now.
I can understand you like to make some devices illegal. But really, five years prison, unlimited fine. Is everybody insane now.
A little context is necessary.
“Up to” is worth emphasis. Even if in an extreme scenario a 5 year sentence was disbursed only up to 2.5 years would be in prison (and likely far less), automatic release at 2 thirds in the worst case.
They may matter like you say in other systems, but they are not the same in all systems.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/06/rise-of-plea-bar...
"Rise of plea-bargaining coerces young defendants into guilty pleas, says report. US-style negotiations for reduced sentences in England and Wales raises fears of false confessions and lack of informed consent"
How does it compare with the sentence for actual car theft?
First statue of Liberty, Magna Carta, predates the US itself by more than half a millennium.
The Musk headline was loosely tidied to someone arrested (whilst) praying *outside* and ignores the context of what was happening at the time, and for the many hours before the arrest. Minor details like that.
Happy to live in a legal systems where these devices are banned, and we can cross the road freely.