Comments on: Legal lottery? http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eLottery http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9305 eLottery Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:48:49 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9305 I don't feel that either of these individuals actually intended killing their victims and should both therefore be judged on similar grounds. I don’t feel that either of these individuals actually intended killing their victims and should both therefore be judged on similar grounds.

]]> By: Indigo Jo http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9304 Indigo Jo Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:13:19 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9304 OP: I did mention his previous convictions actually. Virasami's list of convictions were a whole lot longer (although they were for non-violent offences). The problem is that what Fahri actually did isn't guaranteed to kill someone by impact - he probably thought it would give the victim a couple of bruises at most - let alone cut their throat, which is what happened. I do agree that he should have been sent to jail, and indeed if he had been locked up for his previous violent offences this would never have happened. The sentence he got is normally reserved for those who commit premeditated murder. OP: I did mention his previous convictions actually. Virasami’s list of convictions were a whole lot longer (although they were for non-violent offences). The problem is that what Fahri actually did isn’t guaranteed to kill someone by impact - he probably thought it would give the victim a couple of bruises at most - let alone cut their throat, which is what happened. I do agree that he should have been sent to jail, and indeed if he had been locked up for his previous violent offences this would never have happened. The sentence he got is normally reserved for those who commit premeditated murder.

]]> By: Tim http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9303 Tim Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:15 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9303 Compare the compensation awarded to a man who was seriously assaulted by police during an "anti-terror" raid and to that awarded to a man who cut his hand while fixing the airbag on a police vehicle. Compare the compensation awarded to a man who was seriously assaulted by police during an “anti-terror” raid and to that awarded to a man who cut his hand while fixing the airbag on a police vehicle.

]]> By: Old Pickler http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9302 Old Pickler Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:32:48 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2009/04/01/legal_lottery#comment-9302 If you punch someone they don't usually die and punchers know this. People punch people all the time. If you throw a cooking pot at them (as if you attack them with broken glass etc) you are assaulting them with a weapon, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and that you could kill them. The older guy was let off lightly; his sentence should have been more, but the other guy - and you don't mention his previous convictions - got exactly what was coming to him. If you punch someone they don’t usually die and punchers know this. People punch people all the time. If you throw a cooking pot at them (as if you attack them with broken glass etc) you are assaulting them with a weapon, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and that you could kill them.

The older guy was let off lightly; his sentence should have been more, but the other guy - and you don’t mention his previous convictions - got exactly what was coming to him.

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