Is this a joke? Are y'all seriously sympathizing with him? Is he the first man to get life sentence for death threat, terrorism hoax, hijacking hoax?
People only see that he wrote a letter.
A life sentence would be appropriate if he was actually a terrorist trying to hijack a plane. Not just an idiot who thought it would be a good idea to try to close down the airports to mess with his girlfriend without any real malicious intent. That's a big deal of course and could have unintended consequences, obviously... But putting a man in prison for the rest of his life for a hoax? That's a fate worse than death to me so yeah I'm a bit sympathetic.
He practically wrote that he has hijacked the plane. Hijacking (fake or real) a plane is death penalty. If you say you've hijacked the plane, then why believe otherwise? Everyone involved in this scenario was hijacked, whether he was present in the aircraft or not.
as someone from a country that does not have life as a possible sentence, no, it is not justified.
The issue is not bomb threat. The issue is hijacking the plane. He probably cooked up a lot of charges against him, one for each person in the plane, millions of dollars lost, potentially bankrupting the airline, and more.
also this. living in countries where life sentences are common is going to skew the view on this situation. but life sentences are rarely (if ever) justified to begin with.
I'm embarrassed to admit I had to google this. I've only ever heard that term used to describe a firearm.
Ah, yes! All great bastions of justice.
Life in prison is a pretty harsh sentence. You get less for many forms of actual homicide.
