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But part of the original post was "Life imprisonment should mean exactly that - life." and then this was raised again, so I wanted to point out the fallacy in that reasoning.
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However the type of case you used to illustrate your argument should never be judged as straightforward murder........ |
With respect, tell that to Bill C!
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A wife has suffered years of abuse at the hands of her husband. Finally she snaps and stabs him with a kitchen knife.
She has taken a life and is now a murderer.
Does she deserve to spend the rest of her life in jail?
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This is not an excuse, she has/had options - she could leave, she could get him done for assault, there are load of help groups for women that have come out of abusive relationships. |
As I said in a previous post, matters of domestic are rarely as simple as this.
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The "I'm a battered wife" defence seems to be coming more and prelavent and even more scarily acceptable
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It's better than domestic violence effectively being treated as acceptable or even a "husband's right" or it being "the woman's fault" as has happened in the past.