tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post115412609074222967..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: DepravityLawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1154816058947408042006-08-05T17:14:00.000-05:002006-08-05T17:14:00.000-05:00depravity is irrelevant. if there is malice, alone...depravity is irrelevant. <BR/><BR/>if there is malice, alone, ie the crime is intentional.. that's ENOUGH. <BR/><BR/>the harm, the intent, is adequate for punishment. <BR/><BR/>now WHAT punishment? if the crime is capital, death. <BR/><BR/>i don't want any murderers or home invaders or carjackers or child rapists alive. <BR/><BR/>if you do, let em live with you. <BR/><BR/>depraved? who cares? kill them who flunk human 101. it doesn't matter how BADLY they flunk. we can assimilate em into society or we can't. it's not terribly difficult to find out who will and who won't change, just look at the track records. <BR/><BR/>12 felony arrests, 3 violent crimes, one capital crime.. ? kill em. <BR/><BR/>mentally unstable, killed 5 kids? kill em. <BR/><BR/>argue depraved if you please. society needs the ones who flunk human 101 dead. society needs 0 people serving life sentences.<BR/><BR/>either kill em or reform em.<BR/><BR/>i'm certainly willing to reform ANY of em. once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1154240196809479212006-07-30T01:16:00.000-05:002006-07-30T01:16:00.000-05:00I question whether the concept of "depravity" is e...I question whether the concept of "depravity" is even valid.<BR/><BR/>Crimes that are worse than "normal" because the perpetrator has an abnormal disregard for life (i.e. is depraved) should be more harshly punished because the actions themselves were more evil, not because the perp has a "more evil" state of mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1154183896965727492006-07-29T09:38:00.000-05:002006-07-29T09:38:00.000-05:00The test is interesting and will, I suspect lead t...The test is interesting and will, I suspect lead to a very interesting paper. The difficulty will be getting the legal system and the public to accept a standard set of descriptors for depravity.<BR/>The Lab guy commentor who wonders about age as a factor of individual value has a point, but in the case of children the outrage is not about value but is more about taking away of future value and opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1154173593862692222006-07-29T06:46:00.000-05:002006-07-29T06:46:00.000-05:00Interesting surveys. I took the C and then the B p...Interesting surveys. I took the C and then the B part, and I think I got a better idea on what I'd consider depraved (though I still don't have what I'd consider a tight definition that could, for instance, separate what's depraved from what's merely vicious or mentally sick.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1154159256521427762006-07-29T02:47:00.000-05:002006-07-29T02:47:00.000-05:00I can't believe that nitwit got off because she wa...I can't believe that nitwit got off because she was "insane". I don't care!! All the more reason to rub her in McCormick's Spices from a spice weasel, and fry her butt! I am so sick and tired of murderers playing "poor me, I'm the victim", and getting off with no punishment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1154139887639572852006-07-28T21:24:00.000-05:002006-07-28T21:24:00.000-05:00Hello LawDog, I'm one of the LE fringe, Firea...Hello LawDog,<BR/><BR/> I'm one of the LE fringe, Firearms Lab, guys that likes to peruse your blog on a regular basis. I enjoy your take on things, and absolutely love your childhood flashbacks.<BR/><BR/> I'm heading over to that website on depravity, to give a little time, but it brought to mind a question I've discussed with my fellow lab rats, and that I'd love to hear your opinion on. To whit, at what point in a person's life, do they decrease in value? <BR/><BR/> For example, a female victim, sexually assaulted, beaten, and left for dead, maybe even actually dead. People are upset, angry even, they want something done about it, the man should be caught, and brought to justice. Now, tell those same people, that the female victim was a child, and the outrage meter goes off the scale. The concept of justice, now goes from standing in front of a judge and jury, to a bloody, broken body, swinging from a tree. <BR/><BR/> So, at what point, age-wise, does a person, or their life, decrease in value. At what point do they go from an outrageous crime against God and man, to another unfortunate example of what the world has become?<BR/><BR/> Yeah, yeah, I know, wonderful fluffy thoughts to leave you with, but a question I'd love to know the answer to.<BR/><BR/> Screw it, time for a beer.<BR/><BR/><BR/>KCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com