How the hell is this fair?!?

[lacktheknack]

So let's see:

<link=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=5e5e949c-989a-47f7-86da-53801510af24>Situation 1: Some guy stabbed and beheaded another guy on a greyhound bus. He gets an insanity plea and walks out free with therapy.

Situation 2: My cousin does heroin and finds himself deported from the United States, he isn't allowed to go back.

Please clarify what I'm obviously missing here.

 

[Rathy]

Country of origin is actually fairly relevant here. In the sense of being born in the US versus being born anywhere else.

Mental tests also say a lot. To get insanity, a therapist must see some kind of problem for the plea. If none can be seen, or they are obviously faking, that throws out any insanity plea a person may have due to lack of proper information.

Not saying its fair, just working from something closer to their view. That really is a pretty stupid circumstance.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

The world is fucked.

Pretty much yeah. Sorry about your cousin.

 

[ffxfriek]

The world is fucked.

all there is to add is /thread

 

[MindDemon]

Sometimes, you gamble and you lose.

 

[Lullabye]

Here's a story. A good friend of mine's brother had to flee the country because police stopped him in melbourne and searched his back. He had a fake gun (for a drama production he was HEADING TO) and a baseball bat (for BASEBALL). They arrested him and searched his house, found a machete. He had to fly to isreal (on bail i think) or he would get jail time.
5 years ago, they are still looking for him.
In a world where 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted this seems somewhat obscene. Do the fucking cops not have anything better to do with their time?

uhmm, no. In fact, it's kinda their job.

 

[MeputthecaninthebininHL2]

The justice system sucks, but I'd rather have this one than the communist alernative. i.e North koreas (thought police)

 

[Lavi]

Well, if they'd just legalize all drugs already >.>

Psst, vote for me.

 

[Levitas1234]

probably gonna spend the rest of his life in a mental institution.

 

[Connor Lonske]

Well crap, I can't pick one, just do both.[/sarcasm]

 

[Lullabye]

Here's a story. A good friend of mine's brother had to flee the country because police stopped him in melbourne and searched his back. He had a fake gun (for a drama production he was HEADING TO) and a baseball bat (for BASEBALL). They arrested him and searched his house, found a machete. He had to fly to isreal (on bail i think) or he would get jail time.
5 years ago, they are still looking for him.
In a world where 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted this seems somewhat obscene. Do the fucking cops not have anything better to do with their time?

uhmm, no. In fact, it's kinda their job.

Their job is to persecute innocent people, with solid alibis when there are rapists and murderers walking the streets?

Yes....Have you been living under a rock these past years or what?

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

They deport you for Heroin?! What the fudgemonkeyonfriday is that for?

 

[ParadoxBG]

probably gonna spend the rest of his life in a mental institution.

Good point. I doubt the guy just skipped on home to plot his next victim. He's probably not much better off than he'd have been if he had life imprisonment, though I may be wrong.

 

[Mcupobob]

Lifes not fair, and if you want my sad story of the law being unjust just look up my thread "How do you feel about cops?"