Thread: Discharge Without Conviction

Originally Posted by Sidney

The only thing that I have learned from studying law, is that the sort of opinions expressed on here about the suitability or not of sentencing is almost always without any merit. It is certainly without proper understanding of either the actual incident or event (relying on the media in one breath when it suits while castigating them for not representing yours adequately about your interests in the next, is both typical and hypocritical) and shows no understanding of public policy considerations or sociological considerations.

It provides no understanding of externalities that affect the wider community or the families of those who deviate, nor the ongoing long stream effects of additional criminal creation, simply by the result of pandering to such expert public emotional response of the type that Utimitsu has valiantly tried to address on here.

It is an expert job, one that can never be done correctly because its always about tradeoffs. Your ignorant opinions don't matter, mine don't either and I know more about this than you do. I have no idea about what is the most appropriate outcome for this case, and the only thing I learn on here is that the ignorant somehow do know and somehow think that they should be contributing to making those decisions.

I must have not gotten the memo that said that ignorance was a prerequisite for the responsible role of becoming a judge.

PS if you are struggling with the meaning of any of the words in the first paragraph, you by the new measure of suitability are now even more qualified for determining the fate of any random matter that emotionally stirs you....

It's so obvious you legal types get paid by the word

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