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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
I love animals just as much as the next person on this site. But...it is very interesting how people get so upset (including myself) about situations like this but not when things like this happen to human beings.
Most people get jack **** if they murder someone. In most cases it gets pled down to mansluagher.
This study showed " In 35 of the 49 court decisions reviewed for this report the offender was originally charged with murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter; in all of these cases the plea was eventually accepted."
If you include women's prison sentences for manslaughter the average prison term is 5 years. That right 5 years. " Given the myriad of circumstances that can arise in relation to a manslaughter charge, it is very difficult to draw any conclusions on the appropriateness of the sentences imposed in the cases reviewed. As stated on page 13, male offenders were likely to receive sentences in the range of 6 - 12 years in prison, whereas female offenders were more likely to receive sentences of 2 years less one day incarceration or less"
We have some people on this site calling for the death penalty or 10 years in prison. When we don't even give close to that for the murder of a human than I think the value of an animal is much less. As it should be.
Needless to say these people do need to be punished, spend time in jail and be prohibited from owning any animials for LIFE.
http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub...t_concrec.html |
Good points,
I guess the reason some people treat this sort of thing differently is a Dog is completely innocent. It trusts its owners, and is virtually defenseless.
Human beings are turned off by other human beings, because we are accustomed to the lowliness of humanity.
It isn't right either.