Re: detained for four years
Originally Posted by
Morticia
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Hmm .. I think see what you mean (?) ... partially guilty victims so the severity of the actual crime is viewed in a less harsh light?
I can't really go with that one. A life is a life.
But wouldn't that be the same as saying a drug dealer gets off lighter because he's only supplying a drug user who is complicit in their own fate?
A man who rapes a prostitute gets off lighter because his victim isn't above reproach herself?
It is a hard one to judge, which is why I only said "I think I agree with Tpin and Julie!
I am not sure I would put your 2 examples in the same light though, because drug dealers are criminals no matter who they sell drugs to, as is the rapist, no matter who he rapes.
Maybe the car driver should have been punished more but why was he the one driving? Those boys wouldn't have been in that car if they were not involved in stealing of it...and that is the reason they died.
I think my opinion may have been different if I had heard the whole case in court..... but it is a hard one to make a decision on!