I actually read this as "people are selfish and self-focused", which is no surprise.
THE victim of the immediate crime wants to be made whole, over any considerations of punishment or "protecting the next guy". Non-involved parties are more interested in "protecting the next guy", and punishment to prevent further crime, than making the victim whole. Both are completely self-focused. But in neither case does it say anything about the ability of either group to use rules and the law to RENDER a verdict, just that their perspectives differ on punishment/outcome once a verdict is reached. Which in the justice system is SELDOM left to a jury, for this very reason. (cases of capitol punishment are a different kettle of fish, in that a prosecutor decides to charge it, and the jury decides if the crime meets the criteria) On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > But, not necessarily in the way you presented it. > > "more likely to punish wrongdoing as a third party to a nonviolent offense > than when [they're] victimized by it." > > First..it talks about 'non-violent' crimes. Second, this goes against what > you had argued. > > If I recall, your stance was that a woman who was gang raped > would/should/could not be part of a jury in a rape case. > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A while back, on the Rice domestic Violence issue I was of the opinion > that > > being the victim of a crime such as Rape , would affect your view on > > punishment and justice for a similar crime. > > > > Many people were of the opinion that being the victim of a violent crime, > > even one of such a severe sexual nature, would not affect the view of > > Justice for that crime. > > > > Science says it does. Being the victim of a crime does affect your view > on > > justice, and punishment. > > > > > > > http://mic.com/articles/102728/science-explains-why-true-justice-is-actually-a-myth > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372847 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
