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Matsubara

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Sun Jun-03-07 11:37 AM
Response to Reply #112

121. Sorry.

Sorry, but killing a terminally ill person out of mercy is not the same as a violent crime. And if the person who dies ASKED to be killed, the court does consider that.

And as for dollar amount the reason that matters is because it can be quantified OBJECTIVELY. The emotions motivating a crime cannot.

I didn't decide that there should be a difference between petty theft and grand larcey, but according to the law, there is.

The motive should not be relevant because it has not bearing on the damages to the victim and because it cannot be evaluated objectively by the jury.

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