How pointing fingers is undermining our legal system's credibility
Inevitably, backgrounds can colour our futures and courts need to consider extenuating circumstances, but the excuses must be seen through.
Updated 2024-Oct-06 07:34
How pointing fingers is undermining our legal system's credibility.
This article was originally published by InQueensland so Dominique Pelicot can offer all the excuses he wants.
Gisele Pelicot is the one to be praised at 72 years old a mother and grandmother her bravery and strength have managed to place the shame on her husband as it should be.
How pointing fingers is undermining our legal system's credibility.
It not only overlooks individuals who have experienced addiction or childhood trauma but have still followed the law but it also diverts focus empathy and resources from those who genuinely need our support.
However the risks increase when it comes to minimizing the repercussions of criminal behavior. In politics we often hear common phrases like it was a mistake in judgment or we were advised to do so or it was a miscommunication or new information has surfaced.
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Excuses are not limited to defense cases of course. What about the woman who was widowed when a drug addicted worker who had been awake for an entire day veered onto the opposite side of the road? Should we distribute our grief evenly between the person being accused and the deceased? The young offender who invaded a house this week with a machete may have experienced great suffering at the age of four.
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He was raped by a male nurse before he turned 10 he told the court and then later he was forced to take part in a gang rape.
What about the old man who was awakened at 3am by the sound of his front door being forcibly broken into? Does his trauma have any decreased significance? Backgrounds have a tendency to influence our future outcomes and it is important for courts to take into account mitigating factors.
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However the justifications given for actions that harm society are overpowering the testimonies of victims.
The line of defense justifications continues. Those who are blamed for terrible acts are often portrayed as experiencing unidentified depression or childhood trauma or as lacking the knowledge to act differently than those before them?.
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