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Topic	Should murderers get less time if their victim is 80+?
mercurydude 08/15/23 12:12:32 AM #9:	No. That kind of thinking opens the door for elder abuse to be no big deal and so on. WalkingLobsters posted... they did take away a life but it was a thoroughly used life already nearing its natural end. I would argue deprived of a natural end by a psychopath. About the only time I would be okay with a lenient sentence here is if the elderly person wanted to end their own life due to a terminal illness and couldn't without assistance and so the person helped them. --- God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast <cite>mercurydude posted [p:975457869] in Should mur... [t:80537170]...</cite> <quote>No. That kind of thinking opens the door for elder abuse to be no big deal and so on.WalkingLobsters posted... </cite><quote>they did take away a life but it was a thoroughly used life already nearing its natural end.</quote>I would argue deprived of a natural end by a psychopath. About the only time I would be okay with a lenient sentence here is if the elderly person wanted to end their own life due to a terminal illness and couldn't without assistance and so the person helped them. --- God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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