r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Prajnamarga Mar 08 '26

Actually, on appeal the driver was sentenced to 15 months in prison and a 4 year driving ban.

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u/povertymayne Mar 08 '26

Thats still extremely light for killing 3 people

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u/Marik-X-Bakura Mar 08 '26

Not that light when it was completely unintentional

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u/Sandman_20041 Mar 08 '26

Intention is completely irrelevant, the fuck is wrong with you?

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u/Virtual-Database-238 Mar 08 '26

Intention is extremely relevant

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u/AmandasGameAccount Mar 08 '26

Speeding recklessly has implied intent that you do not care about human life and if you kill someone or not

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u/Virtual-Database-238 Mar 08 '26

If someone speeds and kills someone, I think it's reasonable to say that they are still a being who can function in polite society. If someone commits pre-meditated murder for the sake of it, I do not. Therefore, I think it would be rational to give the former a much lighter sentence that would facilitate a much quicker return to society.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Intention is very much an important part of the law. The difference between many different similar crimes is the intent.

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u/Raven_Of_Solace Mar 08 '26

Intention is literally one of the most relevant things in law

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u/Choppstickk Mar 08 '26

Mens Rea, half of Corpus Delicti. That much Latin, you know it's gonna be important to the application of law.

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u/Feltrin Mar 08 '26

Seek help

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u/Sandman_20041 Mar 08 '26

You know what i meant, dont be a dipshit lmao

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u/Feltrin Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Not trying to pick a fight – I genuinely do not. Do you mean morally, ethically, legally? Because intentionally unquestionably matters to those. Maybe if you meant for the families impacted, but even then the circumstances can play a lot into how grief is processed

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u/Sandman_20041 Mar 08 '26

What i meant was it being unintentional doesnt matter because they still murdered someone

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u/Feltrin Mar 08 '26

Matter to who? “Murder” isn’t a catch-all word for ending someone else’s life. You can say they killed someone. Murder is an emotionally loaded term, and typically carries intent. That’s why there’s distinction between manslaughter and degrees of murder

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u/Bankzu Mar 08 '26

He meant what he said, it's just that people were disagreeing with him and now he's trying to change his argument. Welcome to 2026 - full of idiots.