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To: Godel
God you're stupid. If you made each picture one count, then people with 10 pictures will wind up in prison longer than someone like Westerfield who actually kidnaps, rapes, and murders a child.

I'll return the compliment: you're an idiot.

So what if they're charged with more than one count? Why is it any skin off your nose? Why are you defending pedophiles? Identify with them, perhaps? (Remember, you started the flame war when you called me "stupid," so I'm sure you can take it.)

It's mere slothfulness on the part of the prosecutor--the prosecutor charges the slime with one count, embarasses the pedophile by publishing his name, then plea bargains the charge down from a felony to a misdemeanor, a little jail time (if any), a little fine, maybe a year or so probation--all worked out in the back room, no harm, no foul--and after they're off paper, they're back in business.

69 posted on 03/19/2002 5:52:14 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: Catspaw
So what if they're charged with more than one count? Why is it any skin off your nose? Why are you defending pedophiles? Identify with them, perhaps? (Remember, you started the flame war when you called me "stupid," so I'm sure you can take it.)

It's skin off my nose because it endangers society and children. If you punish armed robbery more than murder, you'll see more murders. There is supposed to be a proportionality in the justice system, not only to protect the accused but also to protect society. In a criminal knows he'll get 100 years for armed robbery and only 5 for murder, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize you'll have a lot more dead people. Obviously you want neither, but you want to prevent murders more.

I'm sorry I said you were stupid, I should have said "God your comment is stupid". I apologize.

92 posted on 03/20/2002 9:39:38 PM PST by Godel
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