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357. Disposable people

By Joel Jacobsen

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I've always thought of the criminal law as a reflection of society's attitude toward the weak. And even if you weren't weak before you were attacked, there's nothing quite like a bullet to weaken you. At least in the Western states, with the "no duty to retreat" ethos, our courts are gung-ho about encouraging people to take care of it themselves. (And not just the courts, either.)That tolerance for DIY revenge sometimes leads to a judicial attitude of lightly-disguised contempt for those who don't partake. If you're not going to protect yourself, why should we protect you? Judges are protective of people they identify with, and who wants to identify with a woman who returns to the man who broke her cheekbone?But the ultimate disposable people don't even make it far enough to have their ID photo introduced as a prosecution exhibit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on July 13, 2008 (boomark / email).

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