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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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Killing someone because your "culture" has normalized murder and misogyny is an entirely different beast than say committing theft because you were born into poverty and the system was stacked against you achieving your way out of it.