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Re: Driver humiliated by Texas judge
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Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:40:22 GMT
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Neat, welcome ot .o-t.d, Tim :-)
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney wrote:
> My thoughts? If this becomes common practice and it will effectively decrease
> the incidents of reckless driving (a growing problem, from my observations), I'm
> all for it.
That's a pretty big "if." There are three parts of this issues that seem
noteworthy to me.
First, modern disciplinary thought (well, not all of it, but the good stuff)
suggests that punishment supplants the innate needs of the guilty to correct the
results of their antisocial behavior. Given that I believe this to be true, I
suspect a punishment like this will only harm the situation. I think the two
appropriate responses from society to criminal behavior are
restitution-enablement and treatment for mental illness.
Second, I agree with Bruce's implication that as an "unusual" punishment it
fails the test of constitutionality. There's no way I'd stand for that if I
were his lawyer.
Finally, doesn't this seem like an uncharacteristically light sentence of
manslaughter? In Texas!
Chris
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| (...) What restitution would you suggest for causing an accident that killed someone? Maybe I'm not being creative enough, but the person's already dead. Wouldn't the goal be making sure this person _never_ does the same thing again, and that as (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That's because the person who received this odd punishment didn't kill anyone. Speeding and reckless driving, yes, but it was somebody else in another car that was guilty of manslaughter. -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I don't normally start topics in o-t.d, but seeing that this article caught my interest I thought I would. Plus, it may divert attention away from other discussions. Driver humiliated by Texas judge: (URL) thoughts? If this becomes common practice (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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