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The money quote from the plaintiff... ""As an analogy," Devine wrote, "if a shoplifter is caught on video stealing a $400 iPad from the Apple Store, would a fa
by pmorici 12y ago
The money quote from the plaintiff...
""As an analogy," Devine wrote, "if a shoplifter is caught on video stealing a $400 iPad from the Apple Store, would a fair and just resolution be for the shoplifter to pay Apple $40, keep the iPad, and walk away with no record or admission of wrongdoing? Of course not.""
- freehunter 12y agoThat does happen though. Apple could choose to not press charges and let him walk away free.
- warmwaffles 12y agoThis is not actually true. The District Attorney can choose to ignore Apple's choice.
- pmorici 12y agoThe question isn't whether it happens but whether it would be considered a just outcome. He is drawing a comparison between something that is easily recognized as "getting off easy" to something that is harder to conceptualize because of the absolute size of the amounts involved.
- freehunter 12y agoIt is a just outcome if the affected party feels satisfied. Just because there wasn't punishment (or wasn't "enough" punishment in someone's eyes) doesn't mean the outcome wasn't just. Justice doesn't mean punishment.
- jdbernard 12y agoObviously the affected party in this case does not feel satisfied. That's why he wrote the letter to the judge.
- dllthomas 12y agoBut he usually doesn't get to keep the iPad.
- sneak 12y agoYou are mistaken; it is the prosecutor who decides whether or not charges are filed, not the victim. The concept of "pressing charges" is basically a myth.
- valdiorn 12y agoOnly for specific crimes, IIRC. Surely you can decide for yourself if you press charges or not on a break-in or a theft (sometimes such cases are just a case of misunderstanding, etc, so people can just work it out and nobody needs to go to court) I think murder or assault is out of your hands, as it's considered in the public's interest to prosecute such crimes.
- sneak 12y agoThat is not accurate.