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MisterTea 5 days ago

> Like if someone is accused of murder, but doesn't because a friend told them not to, we don't throw them in jail because they decided not to murder for the wrong reasons.

If they did not carry out any action then this holds true. But there were actions carried out that amounts to assault and attempted murder.

bawolff 3 days ago | parent [-]

Even still,in this analogy, the rationale for why they chose not to murder wouldn't really speak to their intent in relation to other crimes.

Like if someone assualted someone but did not murder them because a friend asked them not to, we treat that exactly the same as if they assualted them but stopped before murdering because they thought murder was wrong.