who was robbed and killed because of robbery?
SOME people. let me get that out of the way for idiots who think i'm talking about everyone.
2007-09-22 04:42:11 · 5 answers · asked by ceasarmocksshaka 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
jolly, putting judicial system aside. i'm discussing the human ethics aspect, in every day argument, of why some people think that a hate-crime murdered victim's life is more valuable than a victim's life of a murder in other circumstances.
how is a robber, who has the intent to kill, any less evil than the guy who had the intent to kill because of someone's skin color?
2007-09-22 05:35:41 · update #1
and under common law if a robber's gun discharges accidentally, whether intent or not, he will be charged with murder.
2007-09-22 05:42:03 · update #2
accidentally discharges and KILLS..........
2007-09-22 05:45:59 · update #3
I don't think it is more valuable one way or the other. Death is a tragedy regarless of how it happened! I also think that a hate crime just gets more media attention due to the "racial" factor, whereas robbery happens all the time...no one is really shocked anymore be this.
It sucks, but it is a ratings thing!
2007-09-22 04:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is not the victims life that is being evalutated but the intent of the crime. So a robber may carry a gun as a threat and be ready to use it but he did not intend to actually kill anyone. A muderer that kills after planning it out shows massive intent. Hate crimes are similar in the intent is not directed at a individual but all of a given group.
Basically the punishment is not determined by life worth, but by the amount of intent that the crimminal had. Otherwise accidental and unintentional manslaughter of a Senator would land you the death sentence but a plotted murder of homeless person could get you a few years. (I am *not* saying that one life is worth more or less, just trying to illustrate the point).
2007-09-22 11:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You made a ridiculous assumption about my motivations to discuss the crime, I don't care if it was a hate crime or not it was HORRIBLE and needs more media attention. Parents and young women themselves need to learn from this story.
2007-09-25 18:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both are pretty trivial reasons to kill someone in my view.....
Someone would have to really do something horrible for me to even consider something like that......
2007-09-22 11:45:57 · answer #4 · answered by Helpie? 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
same reason pseudo_pretty white girls if murdered get headlines but a pakistani or mexican if murdered does not even get into the news.
2007-09-22 12:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋