A Finnish man born in 1982 crashed his stolen motorcycle into a car in Hakaniemi while fleeing the police. He had earlier been driving down the Itäväylä motorway at 240 km/h. On Tuesday, he was discharged from hospital and yesterday the prosecution moved to have him imprisoned pending a trial in the Helsinki court. The man has no driver's license of any kind, and has a history of joyriding in stolen vehicles and drunk driving.
The judge decided to release him because she was "moved" by his injuries. A repeat offender, who according to the prosecution was most likely also drunk at the time he crashed, is walking free because the judge thought he was cute or something. If anyone gets hit by a motorbike doing 200 km/h in Helsinki, well, hey, them's the breaks.
Am I making this up? The original article is at Iltalehti.
The longer I live in this country, the more convinced I am that our justice system is completely insane.
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