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> Also, I'd be shocked if this didn't open Anderson up to civil liability. That's where Morton can seek damages; not in criminal court. Interesting Anderson to
by JupiterMoon 11y ago
> Also, I'd be shocked if this didn't open Anderson up to civil liability. That's where Morton can seek damages; not in criminal court.
Interesting Anderson took a large part of Morton's life. Maybe justice would be served if Morton took a large part of Anderson's money... Something feels uncomfortable about this but I can't quite place it.
- Jtsummers 11y agoPerhaps because it sounds like blood money. Which has the unfortunate affect of being useful for those with wealth to avoid punishment, but useless for those without, who will still end up in prison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_money_(restitution) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_money_(restitution)
- JupiterMoon 11y agoThat's the word I was looking for. What about if the penalty was in some way proportional to the wealth/income of the perpetrator?
- Jtsummers 11y agoI don't know the answer to that. Perhaps some more research is in order, I imagine that countries and societies that have this actually codified may already have implemented something like this.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoNot the same thing but somewhat related. Some European countries have fines for e.g. traffic offences that are proportional to you income for the year the offence is committed in. I think that this works quite well in terms of meaning that rich and poor have the same disincentive not to speed.