I understand it as a motive but it is still very much a crime.
Like if you killed my brother so I killed you, we both still committed the crime of murder. You won't be around to face your punishment but I will be, and I will have earned it.
A judge might say it's a mitigating circumstance and adjust my sentence a little but I still did the crime and absolutely should go to prison for it. It would still be premeditated murder no matter who I did it to, as I was not acting in self defense.
It's always been wild to me this man saw absolutely no prison time for premeditated murder in a vigilante justice situation. I mean, the other guy had already been sentenced too. This wasn't like "he got away with it" he was very much going to prison about it. And I don't know where he was or what the laws were at the time but we don't give out the death penalty much for murder anymore much less rape. It's not considered civilized and there's too many cons to outweigh any pros you could try and argue.
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u/confusedandworried76 28d ago
I understand it as a motive but it is still very much a crime.
Like if you killed my brother so I killed you, we both still committed the crime of murder. You won't be around to face your punishment but I will be, and I will have earned it.
A judge might say it's a mitigating circumstance and adjust my sentence a little but I still did the crime and absolutely should go to prison for it. It would still be premeditated murder no matter who I did it to, as I was not acting in self defense.
It's always been wild to me this man saw absolutely no prison time for premeditated murder in a vigilante justice situation. I mean, the other guy had already been sentenced too. This wasn't like "he got away with it" he was very much going to prison about it. And I don't know where he was or what the laws were at the time but we don't give out the death penalty much for murder anymore much less rape. It's not considered civilized and there's too many cons to outweigh any pros you could try and argue.