>Manslaughter isn't the result of an accident; the law defines that >differently as well. For instance a hunting accident in which somebody may >have died, that is an accident, and the person probably won't be punished.
There are different types of manslaughter, but here is the textbook definition http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-39,GGLG:en&q=define%3Amanslaughter . I think the example you gave would be the district attorney's decision not to prosecute, it's not the law. The district attorney must weight the public's need for justice and the state's ability to win the case. They don't go to trial on every case. >I don't think all of our laws have to have morality in them, however a >number of them do. Isn't striving for freedom in humanity a morally based >quest? Isn't the idea that individuals are free, and at birth have the right >to be free a morally based idea? Our laws, our entire system of government >is based on a moral belief that man ought to be free, he ought to be able to >do what he wants so long as it doesn't interfere with the good of society. I think the laws that have morality in them are laws that have been influenced by religion. The problem with this is that our forefathers decided that we would have freedom of religion as well as a seperate government from religion. So now we have a bunch of different religions with different teachings and different moralities. Do we allow one's teachings and moralty's to oppress the other? This is why we need lawmakers that don't cater to any religious group. Once we allow morality to dictate our laws we allow one religion to dictate the direction that everyone has to follow, whether it's right or wrong. Hence the issue of gay marriage. The ban is compltely based on a religious issue, we have allowed ourselves to be dictated by a religion that some of us don't follow and have allowed it to oppress a group of people that if given the right to marry would not affect any of us. Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199764 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
