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Just watched... going in style--where old geezers robbed a bank.. the guns were loaded w/ blanks--so just pointing a gun doesn't always mean intent to kill -- p
by gremlinsinc 9y ago
Just watched... going in style--where old geezers robbed a bank.. the guns were loaded w/ blanks--so just pointing a gun doesn't always mean intent to kill -- plus some people at age 19 might intend to kill, but by age 30 they see htey were an idiot and come around and are nothing like that, shouldn't they be able to re-enter society if not a threat any longer?
Now if they did kill someone that's a whole separate thing, and also aren't you innocent till proven guilty? Intent should not matter you can't be convicted of your intent, but of your actual actions which is you pointed a gun at a person, you did not fire said gun so shouldn't be accountable for the higher crime.. Not saying don't punish, but temper based on final outcomes...
had an uncle who's son robbed a hotel w/ his gun he was 18, his dad like 40's... he got something like 5-10 years. His dad who was asleep in the hotel room got 75 years because he owned the gun... He's been in jail since 1993, my grandpa died never having been able to visit/see him because he was all the way in Texas.