So if you jaywalk and a bus goes off a cliff, you should automatically get multiple life sentences? If you drive drunk and no one gets hurt should you not face any charges? What if you attempt to shoot someone and miss?
We have control over our decisions but not the consequences of our decisions. Punishments should fit the crime, which is fundamentally different from the result. Choosing to drive drunk is the same mistake whether it hurts no one or hurts many.
We have control over our decisions but not the consequences of our decisions. Punishments should fit the crime, which is fundamentally different from the result. Choosing to drive drunk is the same mistake whether it hurts no one or hurts many.