@jeffwM to News • 9 months ago"Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sentenced to 18 months in prison over deadly 2021 shootingwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square75arrow-up1290arrow-down19
arrow-up1281arrow-down1external-link"Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sentenced to 18 months in prison over deadly 2021 shootingwww.cbsnews.com@jeffwM to News • 9 months agomessage-square75
minus-square@Woozythebearlink47•9 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•9 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]linkfedilink29•9 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]linkfedilink14•9 months agoWell yeah. That’s why there’s any legal punishment at all. Being bad at your job otherwise would just get you fired.
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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.
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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.
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Well yeah. That’s why there’s any legal punishment at all. Being bad at your job otherwise would just get you fired.