(June 6, 2013 at 7:15 pm)Brakeman Wrote: So the prisoners that kill other fellow prisoners in jail should get a slap on the wrist because the lowest ranking person in society is an incarcerated prisoner.
Someone who kills another prisoner should (and would) get a lesser punishment than someone who killed the President of the United States, yes.
(June 7, 2013 at 12:43 am)Rhythm Wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_before_the_law
Rhythm, my old friend, it’s time to dance again I see
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Quote: Aggravating circumstances refer to compounding factors -of a crime- not the authority of the victim numbskull. Aggravated assualt is made worse by being committed with a weapon. Mitigating circumstances do not include "well, the victim really wasn't all that important or powerful..so lets knock the sentence down a notch"............
Numbskull? Ouch. Aggravating circumstances are up to the judge’s discretion and they often include details about the victim (rapes against a younger child receive harsher punishments than those against older children), and one of those factors is the authority of the victim as I have already demonstrated by example. You’re not fairing very well on this one.
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God bless America! It's good to see that you think police officers deserve "more justice" than the rest of us.
It has nothing to do with what I think; I just proved my point. The jury even admitted that was the reason why they recommended the death penalty, looks like you were wrong, oops.
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God bless America! It's good to see that you think news anchors (or women..not sure which way you're going with this one) deserve "less justice" than the rest of us - and especially so if any of the rest of us happen to be police officers
She didn’t receive less justice, justice is served based upon authority in this country; I have proven that. Crimes against a god of infinite authority necessitate a punishment of infinite worth. I am glad to see you think that someone who kills a fellow convicted murderer deserves the same punishment as someone who kills a police officer, that’s pretty sickening.
Quote: You are advocating for a system of justice in which two people can take an identical complaint before the law...and the power or authority of the one relative to the other grants them a right to a greater measure of justice. If that's what you demand out of the divine then so be it., but try not to drag the country we live in down into the mud with you. Have a little civic pride and stop bullshitting yourself about our system of law in an attempt to make excuses for your god.
Our system already operates that way! I have already demonstrated it, now you’re just whining. Unless you can postulate a standard of justice that actually proves that concept is unjust you have absolutely no ground to stand on.