"Get off easy" nghĩa là gì?


"Get off easy" = Thoát dễ dàng -> Tránh hoặc thoát khỏi được hình phạt nặng/nghiêm cho việc phạm tội hoặc sai phạm của mình.

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Well, if you are still bitter about the Astros sign-stealing their way to the 2017 World Series title (and how could you not be?), it means, once again, the Astros get off easy.

“They should definitely pay for their crimes. Not to say that they should get off easy at all,” Roegner said during a press conference. “I think they should be punished, but for us to take their life, I cannot be pro-life and support the death penalty any longer.”

(An aside here, and something that I think is worth discussing another time: is this REALLY how we want our justice system to work? Get off easy if you plead guilty (regardless of if you actually did it) or fight it and maybe end up spending your life in prison (again, regardless of if you actually did it). It’s the justice system’s way of saying, “Don’t make us go to the trouble and expense of giving you a fair trial…which you’re guaranteed in the Constitution…because if you do you’ll REALLY regret it”.)

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