Comment on Words reportedly written onto ammunition found at scene of health insurance CEO's killing [USA]
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks agoThat doesn’t excuse violence however.
it exactly excuses violence, juries take in to account state of mind when judging and judges take into account suffering when sentencing, it’s called mercy
in an ideal world these insurance companies would be prosecuted by the states for conspiracy to defraud their customers, organised crime/rico and for harassment , at minimum
that hasn’t been happening even tho the crimes by the insurance have been well known for decades
Hirom@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
We’ll see what how the trial goals. A judge would probably consider the risk of encouraging vigilante justice, ie letting individuals bypass the justice system to act as judge, jury, and executioner.
I’d be very surprised if a court excuse a vigilante killer because he/her suffer distress or harm. That would be a dangerous precedent, many people would see that as a right to kill for all kind of reasons.
It seems more plausible that such factor lead to that person to get a lighter sentence, rather than to receive complete pardon/mercy.