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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter
Agreed. But let the punishment fit the "crime." Someone commiting suicide as a result of one's stupid actions, should not be a emotional justification to increase the punishment for something less serious than drunk driving, for example....an offense for which the punishment is much less severe than what most here, it seems, would like to see given to these two idiots.
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We have consequence-based punishment all the time.
If I get in a DUI accident and the person goes into a coma but miraculously makes a full recovery, I get a vehicular assault charge.
If I get in a DUI accident and the person breaks a leg but an infection sets in causing gangrene and eventual death, I'm gonna get charged with vehicular homicide.
Hell, same wreck twice, but one guy's wearing a seatbelt and walks away unscathed, the other isn't wearing a seatbelt and dies - my punishment will actually vary based on the illegal conduct of the
victim.
The system punishes based on the outcome 9 times out of 10.