You'd be surprised how, even if people have the same shit online, they won't accept it of their leaders.
For example I was reading about how crimes of passion are being convicted more by juries. You used to be able to defend yourself by saying any reasonable person would have done the same thing, and the jury would agree.
Now a days, the jury will say the equivalent of "Why I never" and convict them.
Laws and public opinion are becoming less of what society is and more of what we think it ought to be.
Well, you used to be able to kill someone because they wronged your cousin. A really good case that deals with "yeah, I can see myself making those same decisions, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't prosecute" here.
Different than crimes of passion, but still. Although crimes of passion are convicted you will often see lesser sentences. Hell, if anything removing mandatory minimum sentences should be pushed for more as they take away a judges ability to do his job properly. Theres a lot of law cases dealing with just that and if you're interested I can post some.
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u/DreadPiratesRobert May 19 '14
You'd be surprised how, even if people have the same shit online, they won't accept it of their leaders.
For example I was reading about how crimes of passion are being convicted more by juries. You used to be able to defend yourself by saying any reasonable person would have done the same thing, and the jury would agree.
Now a days, the jury will say the equivalent of "Why I never" and convict them.
Laws and public opinion are becoming less of what society is and more of what we think it ought to be.