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Man who tried to assassinate Trump in Florida sentenced to life in prison
(www.theguardian.com)
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Where the fuck did they get the judge? Good men can kill for good reasons
That's not how a society built on laws work, and the judge would be abdicating his duty if he let him off light.
Besides, he is MAGA, and I suspect that whole situation was set up as a PR boost for Trump. He's the fall guy anyway.
We don’t live in a society built on laws anymore
It was built on them. Doesn't mean they're still working.
Laws aren’t black and white, they’re always open to interpretation and discretion. It’s why jury’s exist, it’s why lawyers exist, it’s why the courts exist, it’s why the police exist.
If allowances aren’t made, it’s not a lawful society.
You’re wanting to go back to Monarchy/dictatorship, which is where one person rules and makes the decisions.
Wait...what? You took my statement as a support of dictatorship?? Wow. Take a look at my comment history.
Rule of law is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and it is the dictators who selectively enforce laws on their foes while letting their allies off the hook.
You know, like when all the Jan 6 insurrectionists were pardoned while all his political enemies are being indicted on the flimsiest of charges?
The law's pretty clear in this case.
What you're saying is really that breaking the law was justified, something that the legal system has no concept of and never can.
This has nothing to do with dictatorship; all democracies are built on the rule of law, which means the if you break the law (and are caught) you suffer the punishment.
It's actually the opposite: Discretionary exceptions to the law are a hallmark of authoritarian societies where those with power let their friends off the hook, but punish their enemies harshly. Maybe you can think of some examples in recent times in the US.
Who made the laws mate? Lmfao.
Do you notice how in dictatorships they actually just ignore the laws instead?
The answer to that is not relevant to the question of whether laws are "black and white".
They ignore some laws, some of the time.
The principle of the Rule of Law is that all people are subject to the same law, and that law is available so that everyone can know what it is.
Quick history lesson: in Tudor and Stuart England, the King could prosecute anyone he liked for anything he liked in the so-called Star Chamber; it did not have to hand down judgements based on any written law and instead it could decide any case before it based on its own ideas of morality. Successive Kings used this to punish those opposed to them and their policies. The Star Chamber was abolished during the English Civil War by parliament (opposed to the King) because of its excesses, and along with its abolition came a growing understanding that became the principle of the rule of law.
When you allow courts to rule otherwise than in accordance with the law, you allow them to pick whom they punish and whom they do not punish. This is the case with all exceptions to Rule of Law - such as presidential pardons. They were designed to permit mercy, but Trump used them to pardon his supporters.
When you ask to suspend Rule of Law and permit leniency - permit deviation from the law - you're asking to allow whomever has influence over the use of that deviance to exert their own personal will on the judicial process. The powerful having influence over justice is a hallmark of authoritarianism, which is what you're asking for.
What you want is for people who commit crimes that you think have mitigating circumstances to be let off. Making you the authority in your authoritarian fantasy.