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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
So, in a situation where a person was murdered by someone claiming "honour killing", should the courts take cultural (racial?) background in consideration as a mitigating factor in evaluating findings and sentencing? Or do you think this request is only about special considerations for black and aboriginal offenders?
I am curious to hear opinions of people on both sides of the debate (yes, they should or no, they should not).
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No it shouldn't to me, serious violent crimes like murder and sexual assault should be truly color blind because they're completely unacceptable in our society no matter what your cultural or racial background is.
There's no excuse for murder, there's no excuse for sexual assault.
honor killing in your example is unacceptable at all levels, the courts did the right thing when they sentenced that family a few years back for murdering the daughters.