• KISSmyOS@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    Depends on the crime, the motive and their state of sanity.
    Generally, it’s for a court to decide.

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      8 months ago

      So then the woman that was taking meth, and killed her fetus is or is not liable for the death of the fetus? If your theory is that people that are in the middle of addiction are not responsible for their actions then that is pretty disasterous in multiple ways.

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        8 months ago

        That’s not my theory, and you’re not interested in engaging with me in good faith, so good bye.

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          8 months ago

          Your theory doesnt make any sense, if there is no direct consequences of actions then it opens up a whole bunch of problems.

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        8 months ago

        Plenty of drunks kill and maim other people because they decide to drive drunk. The punishment very rarely matches the crime, yet you want to impose harsher punishments because of a miscarriage that could maybe be related to drug use.

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          8 months ago

          We should assume there is much more evidence that she is responsible beyond what the article claims, but its possible that she is innocent and just had a miscarriage. I dont know if drunks need to get a worse punishment or not, but that doesnt relate to if a woman should be responsible for killing their fetus.