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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink56•edit-28 months agoPeople do more time for growing medicinal fungus than she will for manslaughter .
minus-square@Woozythebearlink47•8 months agoAnd she will do more time in prison for manslaughter then every rich person who has committed manslaughter and never see a day behind bars.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink29•8 months agoIntent is part of the law. Yours was a crime committed with intent, her’s was a crime committed by negligence.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 months agoSo if someone’s intention is to treat depression or cluster headaches the law takes that into consideration? Or not?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink29•8 months agoI’m not arguing the merit of the law itself, I’m just saying that doing something that you know to be against the law is inherently going to generally get you a harsher punishment than causing harm via negligence.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 months agoThat’s generally fair. In this the negligence ended a life though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•8 months agoWell yeah. That’s why there’s any legal punishment at all. Being bad at your job otherwise would just get you fired.
People do more time for growing medicinal fungus than she will for manslaughter .
And she will do more time in prison for manslaughter then every rich person who has committed manslaughter and never see a day behind bars.
Intent is part of the law. Yours was a crime committed with intent, her’s was a crime committed by negligence.
So if someone’s intention is to treat depression or cluster headaches the law takes that into consideration? Or not?
I’m not arguing the merit of the law itself, I’m just saying that doing something that you know to be against the law is inherently going to generally get you a harsher punishment than causing harm via negligence.
That’s generally fair. In this the negligence ended a life though.
Well yeah. That’s why there’s any legal punishment at all. Being bad at your job otherwise would just get you fired.