A person on another forum was mean to me!

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This is relevant, I think:

Not to me,in THIS case,based on the limited information I have.

That's why I brought it up. I don't know anything besides the two or three articles I've read, including the one linked to in the OP. I don't have access to psych evaluations or brain scans of the perpetrator. There's not really that much information in the articles I've read and most of them focus on the victim's family. Here's everything I know about perpetrator: Jesus Mora Flores, 47, was not born in the U.S. but was there legally with a green card, hired by the family to help with horses on the ranch, witnessed "forcibly carrying" the girl into a secluded area, emergency crews found his pants and underwear pulled down when they arrived. That's everything I've found; it's hardly enough to dismiss something like a brain tumour, however rare that chance may be.

Where are you guys pulling this "didn't deserve to die" bullshit from? o__0

He. Raped. A. Five. Year. Old. Girl.

We're already aware of what he did. Punishments are graded according to the crime and circumstances. If rape were punishable by death what incentive would rapists have to not murder their victims or witnesses? They're already going to be killed if they're caught. It's the same reason we punish people differently for stealing a car vs. stealing the Mona Lisa. Incidents of rape can also be graded, typically being viewed as increasingly worse the younger (or more vulnerable) the victim is. Rape and abuse in general has adverse psychological effects on a person, particularly during their formative years. Nonetheless, murder is usually punished harsher because it's recognised as a more severe crime. You can't go to therapy for your own death. You can't confront your murderer and get an apology. If you have dependant children you can't continue caring for them. It's permanent.

Please stop abusing your common sense by devaluing life to raise up murderers and rapists to our level. Geez.

The problem with common sense is that it's just an appeal to majority opinion. Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's not. A lot of common sense is just plain nonsense.