Law & Ethics - August 2006

I was just wondering what happend to the idea of prison as rehabilitation versus punishment.


Scenario #1: A person is at a party playing with a gun, they don't know its loaded. They point it at a friend as a joke and pull the trigger, it turns out to be loaded and they kill the friend. (BTW totally sober)

Scenario #2: A person is at a party with a gun, they DO know its loaded. They point it at a friend their finger slips and they kill the friend. (BTW totally sober)

Scenario #3: A person is at a party and they are drinking they are leaving the party and are driving a few friends home. On the way home they get into an accident that is totally their fault, everyone in the back seat of the car dies and the passenger is severely injured.

Simple Question do they all deserve to go to jail or is one of them more at fault than another?

2006-08-04 05:44:52 · 6 answers · asked by evillyn 6

2006-08-04 05:28:25 · 8 answers · asked by Husam A 1

I need to get a copy of a police report from syracuse ny and I am not a party to the situation but need it for a court case.

2006-08-04 05:26:47 · 7 answers · asked by cindy a 1

I bought this months Fortean Times and on the front there is a picture of a nude lady with black rectangles over her bits and pieces. Inside the magazine the picture is uncensored. What is the point of this, when under 18's can buy the Fortean Times anyway?

2006-08-04 05:24:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mother has stopped me from seeing my 4 year old son because she and I had gotten in a fight a month ago and this is her way of getting at me, I have done nothing to my son this is strictly between me and her. For the record they forced me to let them adopt him a couple of years ago. every since then i have done nothing but what they have asked and i feel like they are toying with me. they said if i get my life on track i can have him back . . .and i have, they are just finding any excuse to keep me out of his life and i don't understand why, now i want to take action. they spank him and lock him in his room, i am tired of them treating him like they did me!

2006-08-04 04:58:49 · 14 answers · asked by HaydensMommy 1

2006-08-04 04:48:43 · 8 answers · asked by Petals 2

2006-08-04 04:47:52 · 14 answers · asked by m & m 1

Do note that we are talking about purchasing and possession. Not downloading or making a copy. Regards!

2006-08-04 04:29:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Today, whilst running to work, I was taken short and had to have a poo at the side of the road. I'd seen Paula Radcliffe, Britons Olympic drop out, doing this during the London marathon, so believed it would be ok for me to do the same. How wrong could i be. I've spent the rest of the day in a police cell, and I’m due in court next week.

once again it seems the eurocratts have gone PC mad, with one rule for professional athletes and another for us. Am I the only one to be victimised in this way? Any one else been punished for something a celebrity would get away with, eh?

2006-08-04 03:17:37 · 11 answers · asked by Stumpy Joe 2

2006-08-04 03:08:08 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, if Israel and some USA media clame that Lebanese parents are responsible for death of children, maybe not nazi, but Jewish parents were responsble for death of their children who were experminated in concentration camps? Children of not full age were sent to gas cameras first of all because they were bad labour force.

I find that such statements promote quite different views not only to the present, but also to past events.

Statements blaming civils appear also in my country (not USA) and are repeated in comments, even in yahoo answers: e.g. said by POPS at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao_g6jjrvbf2v2xyDn2hvIrsy6IX?qid=20060804045757AAPQAf4 ("The blood of these children are on the hands of thier parents and the hezbollah cowards")

Is it OK for you? Is it not time to review penal codes and to write that victims are guilty first of all for provoking a crime, not people who committed i

2006-08-04 02:53:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I was looking at some of the dumb laws that some states have or had. Like here in california it's illegal for woman to drive wearing a house coat. Whatever that is. What I wanna know is wether these laws have been taken out or have they been truncated by newer laws? What if it hasn't been removed or truncated, are we still held accountable for them?

2006-08-04 02:31:45 · 13 answers · asked by Fiesty Redhead 2

my ex is getting my 15 yr old drunk..what do i do??
my 15 yr old daughter is on vacation w/ her dad in california. its been 6 weeks. so far i know of 3 different occasions where she has gotten VERY drunk and her dad supplied the alcohol. last night i saw a pic of her on her myspace with her dad and some other guys drinking in Mexico. WTF?? ive called him and yelled. at them both actually. they both promise it wont happen again. the first day she was there, she chipped her front tooth on a beer bottle. she'll be home in 4 days, but im worried cause this will be her last wekend there, and i dont know what kind of parting theyll be doing to help see her off. anyone out there in california feel like hunting him down and kicking his a ss for me?? but really, what would YOU do? Im already never sending her out there again. this was the first time. here at home, she's a good girl.

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you all have great advice. thank you so much! this has really been bothering me. even my other children are upset by it knowing what their sister is doing. Youre so right about taking her to Mexico. We do have a court order saying he cannot take her out of the US, and I know what he has done is illegal. I told him that. I told him I will have the cops there, and have them put my daughter on a plane. And I will take her to the Dr's. I know she has "gotten lost" with an 18 yr old while drunk, kissed a differnt boy while drunk, and who knows what else. This is heartwrenching:( She was still a virgin, I hope she still is. I wanna hurt that man. And WTF means what the *uck!! Thank you again, and please keep your answers coming. I'll put them all together and nail that irresponcible loser.

2006-08-04 02:29:43 · 34 answers · asked by newyorkjenna 2

2006-08-04 02:20:40 · 2 answers · asked by Usha P 1

2006-08-04 02:20:27 · 4 answers · asked by wilfredo a 3

what happens if you want to put a few more money into your bank account will there say anything like where your getting the money from


thats why I need to know is bank account better or post office account

2006-08-04 02:09:57 · 18 answers · asked by 343243 3 1

2006-08-04 01:47:29 · 16 answers · asked by gameballer64 2

I feel I am being trapped there because I have tried to move out but everytime I apply for a rent application they turn me down because my jugdement still show NOT SATISFIED. I have asked the landlord to please file a satisfaction of judgement but she has been giving me the run around ever since. Along with raising the rent and leaving me with no air conditioning for 2 weeks in the middle of summer knowingly ignoring my phone calls about it after my first complaint to her over the phone. Plus the carport has collapsed from the storm as well as the front yard tree wasuprooted and there is moss growing in the walls from the roof collapsing in. I don't have the money to fix anything myself and I am not responsible for them either. My living situation has brought on a number of health problems for me the past 2 months so I have had to stay with a friend the days that I wasn't admitted and stayed in the hospital. I have a dog as well and need to move us asap.

2006-08-04 01:43:53 · 7 answers · asked by AJ 1

My dad was required by FEMA to complete a test for some crisis management for work. He did and submitted the information. They sent him his certificate in the mail but some ****** at FEMA put his entire name along with his social security number on the outside of the envelope for everyone to see. I was outraged as was my father. I thought he should call FEMA or even the police. Any postal worker could have written that down. What should we do? My father feels that its too late.

2006-08-04 01:10:56 · 8 answers · asked by pirategurl 2

Well-been there 5 months and I enjoy it. Doing well-but they want me to do better and are hiring more people...changes happening and I have a month to make some small changes so I can take on two more accounts -(currently have two) so it's gonna get tough....may lose job if I can't manage it-hopefully I can. But pregnancy is pretty tough. Don't know if I should tell em now or not? Anyone else been in this situation? What do you think is the best way forward...financially. Also these new employees are doing same job but are getting 5k more. Bit worried really.

2006-08-04 00:43:58 · 13 answers · asked by soggyflipflopbrain 1

2006-08-04 00:42:22 · 12 answers · asked by mistymiss 6

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2006-08-03 23:59:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

government instituted killing can cost innocent lives. Why should governments kill people as they can not un-kill people when mistakes are made.
Death offers no chance for rehabilitation.
Where can there ever be a standard that decides pure evil acts that deserve execution.

2006-08-03 23:16:28 · 10 answers · asked by matthewoborne 2

Is it true that if you have been dating someone over a certain period of time you are leagally married? I hear that if you have been dating your signifcant other for over a certain amount of years then by some sort of state law you are legally married? If so, in which state, and what does the law actually state?

2006-08-03 22:50:16 · 9 answers · asked by Strawberry 3

Is it legal to download softwares at download.com?I

2006-08-03 22:49:24 · 6 answers · asked by joe 4

This in regards to the war (full of lies and deceit) in Iraq and the idiotic and stupid amnesty of illegal immigrants! It shows the world how weak they really are and the deceit of falsifying intelligence to invade a country that they themselves created and have caused more harm that they can dig themselves out of! The non-compliance of their laws and what America was built on! To have one president cause so much harm to his country and bring it down to a pre WW2 level in world standing, not to mention the rebellion of his own party!

2006-08-03 22:03:36 · 9 answers · asked by overworkedsingleguy 2

why are people on death row for 40 + years? are we as american people that unsure of our judicial system?

if we were actullay put the people on death row to death wouldnt we save millions?


is the fbi going to come to my house now?

2006-08-03 21:54:31 · 9 answers · asked by STEVE0 THE CLOWN 3

2006-08-03 21:48:07 · 16 answers · asked by Konux 2

2006-08-03 21:46:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was recently arrested and charged with accesory after the fact,when 2 of my juvinile friends broke into a church,they were charged with aggrevated burglary,they were sentenced to to pay $150 in fines and 20-75 hours of comm. service...i wasnt driving so i had no means of leaving,should the charges against me be dropped or should i be given some form of punishment,and if so what do you think i should get?..also there were 6 of us in all 3 juvi's and 3 adults the 3 adults and 1 juvi got charged with the same thing?..your answers would be greatly appreciated.....Thank You

2006-08-03 21:33:27 · 5 answers · asked by Most Amazing 2