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EVIDENCE? Where, and how much? No one has to apologise for being too forgiving seeing as it’s their choice. The dilemma is that the victim doesn’t always agree with the judge being very forgiving on their behalf. Forcing people to be very forgiving can be idealistic if forgiveness gets interpreted ...

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Age wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 1:39 pm But there is NO 'consistency' in crimes, and accidents. In fact EVERY crime is UNIQUE and DIFFERENT, just as EVERY accident is UNIQUE and DIFFERENT.

And, the after-effects are ALL ALSO UNIQUE and DIFFERENT.

I admit I require objective sentencing because people are envious of my good looks!

It's called murder because you are in control of the outcome. You were in control to choose otherwise. It's called manslaughter; or an accident because you are not in control of the outcome. You were not in control to choose otherwise. I was walking home when a young overweight woman cursed at me i...

Is a human that rapes R_ape? A major flaw with misogyny is that if everyone accepted violence to women then not only would women be kinder than men but that they’d also end up being braver and more stoic than men. I often require logical extremes to stop me being evil! The dilemma of any honour cul...

The ultimate limitation of illegal porn and unprosecuted sexual violence isn’t just the direct harm done to the victims and relatives but also the added propensity for violence in all other crime categories. For example a rapist who got away with impunity is in much greater danger of passing on rage...

One option for very long bail times is for the suspect to remain in a gated community or to have a bodyguard assigned to monitor them in public. “Mark Sheehan (26), suffered facial injuries when he and his group got a bus home in the Templeogue area of south Dublin at around 4am on August 18th last ...

Apes are just stupid humans? 😁 Randomness can be a defence against evil in extreme circumstances. For example the unpredictability of projectile warfare means that a lot of countries won’t risk warfare no matter their physical fitness. Likewise the contradictory sentences of a court system can rese...

Michael, would some, or perhaps all, of your concerns be assuaged if the term, “manslaughter”, were reserved for accidental or unintentional killing while the term “3rd degree murder”, could be used to signify intentional or negligent murder? Indeed I can understand the harsher symbolism of 3rd deg...

Fairness and legal precedents are of utmost importance. Sentencing must be consistent for people convicted for similar crimes in order to be as democratic as possible. There’s too much deviation. Manslaughter unnecessarily complicates matters. It’s already difficult to harmonise sentencing for other...