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It would be less frustrating if our society was willing to take this systemic view of low level crime as well. But there are people in jail and even prison for
by lazyasciiart 3y ago
It would be less frustrating if our society was willing to take this systemic view of low level crime as well. But there are people in jail and even prison for shoplifting, or stealing a car, or such unforgivable violence as a punch that left someone bruised. Because yes, we demand a system that creates these kinds of crime, but no, people aren’t willing to think that way about anything except killing people with your car.
- zamfi 3y agoI don't disagree with you -- I'd only add that I think a major factor here is premeditation. The law already treats harms from negligence or even from "heat of the moment" actions differently than harms from premeditated action. Few of the vehicular deaths here are the result of a person making a particular decision to kill someone -- even if that is a statistically likelier outcome of distracted driving. That stands in contrast with shoplifting and vehicle theft, which are almost always planned actions, or at least actions undertaken with the knowledge that they are crimes. Whether this is the right line to draw or not is, of course, a major question.