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minus-square@IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink29•7 months agoIntent is part of the law. Yours was a crime committed with intent, her’s was a crime committed by negligence.
minus-square@treefrog@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•7 months agoSo if someone’s intention is to treat depression or cluster headaches the law takes that into consideration? Or not?
minus-square@IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink29•7 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@treefrog@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•7 months agoThat’s generally fair. In this the negligence ended a life though.
minus-square@IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink14•7 months agoWell yeah. That’s why there’s any legal punishment at all. Being bad at your job otherwise would just get you fired.
Intent is part of the law. Yours was a crime committed with intent, her’s was a crime committed by negligence.
So if someone’s intention is to treat depression or cluster headaches the law takes that into consideration? Or not?
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.
That’s generally fair. In this the negligence ended a life though.
Well yeah. That’s why there’s any legal punishment at all. Being bad at your job otherwise would just get you fired.