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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6215433" data-attributes="member: 8835">Why would I think that?   I think you are parsing too thinly on points.  My views on what merits what punishment are more complicated than I can articulate.The woman appears to be a good person (doing a bad thing to a bad person does not automatically make her bad)The woman killed a bad person who did bad things to her for yearsthe woman is a parent and there is no evidence that she is bad at itThere is a fair track record that kids who aren't raised by their parents don't do as well (barring situations where their original parents are crappy)I see no reason to punish her because she is not a bad person.  She is not likely to become a threat to others.Additionally, punishing her would additionally hurt her daughter.Prison is where I want people who do harm to society to be.  Since that is not the case here by my reckoning, I don't want her to go to prison as it would do more harm than good.Everybody's not equal under the law.  They are at the whim of whether they have a good lawyer or have looks that help them appeal to the jury.  At best, they are not discriminated against.  I do not want to live in a society where the law is enforced like computer code and situational exceptions are not recognized.Of course I don't.  But there is a world of difference from me suggesting a silly legal philosophy that someone doesn't agree with versus actually living with an actual bad person who abuses you.</blockquote>

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