Should Judges, Police and other people

Post by **Cool Blue** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:01 am

... in the judicial system get worse punishments for their crimes or more leniency than the average person? Or the same?

One arguement is to say that they are part of the system, and should therefore know better than most, and thus should get prosecuted with more vigor.

Another is to say that they have contributed to society so much by being on the side of 'good', and because of their good deeds, should get leniency.

How do you feel?

Personally, I feel they should be treated equally. If a judge, a cop, a prince or a pauper molests a child, they should ALL suffer the same punishment IMO.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:02 am

Equal rights means everyone should abide by the same rules.

sys0p · Post by **sys0p** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:02 am

Hang the blacks.

Post by **Fender** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:04 am

what about the mexicans?

sys0p · Post by **sys0p** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:04 am

Give them free beans.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:05 am

yeah they should be hung, I was talking about normal people, you know those that aren't weird colors like black, yellow etc etc...

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:06 am

these guys deserve a looooong sentence

http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2771

Post by **Fender** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:11 am

back on topic...
they should get equal treatment, imo
but there's this damn thing called "professional courtesy"

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:16 am

Kracus wrote:Equal rights means everyone should abide by the same rules.

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:42 am

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:these guys deserve a looooong sentence

http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2771

:icon6:

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:46 am

Yeah, same sentences for everyone.

Post by **Hannibal** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:48 am

It depends on what crime(s) you're talking about. The law "discriminates" all the time (the good kind and the bad kind). Abusing power, criminality or whatever sort....should be treated differently when the perpetrators occupy positions of extreme trust or power, especially in the public sector.

I don't mean run of the mill crimes....Sammy the Supreme Court Justice rapes and murders his spaniel...he should be treated roughly the same as anyone else. However, when Sammy USES his position on the court to further some nefarious scheme of his own(bribery, extortion, lining his pockets), he deserves to be treated far more harshly.

This is why I think politicians who commit serious ethical violations or crimes within the scope of their official duties deserve to be loaded on a rocket ship and shot into the sun.

Post by **werldhed** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:52 am

If a judge or police officer uses his/her authority to commit a crime, then it should be a harsher sentence. Otherwise, it should be the same.

edit: oops, late

Post by **losCHUNK** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:54 am

theyre all just doing jobs

equal rights imo

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:02 am

werldhed wrote:If a judge or police officer uses his/her authority to commit a crime, then it should be a harsher sentence. Otherwise, it should be the same.

edit: oops, late

Well those offenses fall under a different category and you HAVE to be a lawyer or cop or judge etc etc etc... to even be able to commit those crimes so that's kindof an oxymoron. The punishments for those crimes are for those crimes only so how would you compare it to anything else?

Post by **Hannibal** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:40 am

Kracus wrote:
werldhed wrote:If a judge or police officer uses his/her authority to commit a crime, then it should be a harsher sentence. Otherwise, it should be the same.

edit: oops, late
Well those offenses fall under a different category and you HAVE to be a lawyer or cop or judge etc etc etc... to even be able to commit those crimes so that's kindof an oxymoron. The punishments for those crimes are for those crimes only so how would you compare it to anything else?

Not at all...sure, there are specific crimes that only some persons can be charged with (cops, judges, etc.)...but THERE IS A FAR LARGER CLASS of crimes (i.e., most everything else) where one's authority or status as a public official is simply a MASSIVELY EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE....specifically when the power of the position is used to advance the crime. Surely this is obvious.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:59 am

Sorry it's not... Anyone can use their position and abuse it. Depending on what they did they should be punished accordingly. If I stole a credit card number and a judge did the same thign we should both get the same sentance, just because he was a judge doesn't mean he any more or less broke the law than I would commiting the same crime.

Post by **Hannibal** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:09 am

Kracus wrote:Sorry it's not... Anyone can use their position and abuse it. Depending on what they did they should be punished accordingly. If I stole a credit card number and a judge did the same thign we should both get the same sentance, just because he was a judge doesn't mean he any more or less broke the law than I would commiting the same crime.

It depends on the fact pattern, super-fly. I thought I made this clear in my first post.