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Justice my ars*

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  • #2
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I didn’t follow the case but did the family request this type of sentence? I guess the judge would take the families wishes into account

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #3
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    silverharp wrote: »
    I didn’t follow the case but did the family request this type of sentence? I guess the judge would take the families wishes into account

    As far as I know the family did ask that he wasn't imprisoned (already lost one son etc. etc.)

    I suppose the question surrounding this is really about what justice means, and to whom. Is it more important to have consistency than what is considered justice by the victim's family? Is societal justice more important here? Should a victim's family's wishes be taken into consideration in sentencing? Should that be any different for cases where the guilty party is from the same family?


  • #4
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57,825 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    flogen wrote: »
    As far as I know the family did ask that he wasn't imprisoned (already lost one son etc. etc.)

    I suppose the question surrounding this is really about what justice means, and to whom. Is it more important to have consistency than what is considered justice by the victim's family? Is societal justice more important here? Should a victim's family's wishes be taken into consideration in sentencing? Should that be any different for cases where the guilty party is from the same family?

    I can fully understand that a family may plead for leniency in cases like these, but the judicial system must first take into account the general public and they IMO didn't in this case. Let's hope this guy doesn't kill any more inocent individuals should he again decide to take a wobbler.....


    It's just not good enough!!!!


  • #5
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    My instinct would be that this was a compassionate verdict. It wasn’t premeditated, and the brother will have to face the consequences of his actions every day, if someone murders a stranger they have no obligation to ever think about that person again.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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