Recent content by senseiman

US won't go to war in Iran. For one thing, they don't have the troops because of Iraq. An invasion of Iran, 3 times bigger than Iraq, would require too many resources. They won't bomb Iran either. 2 Reasons. One, Iran can just shut off its oil exports in retaliation. That could double the...

Er...not to be coy but why then is the guy in intensive care?

Maybe this explains why the US invaded Iraq. They were aiming for Iran but Cheney got a little trigger happy and accidentally invaded the wrong place.

I would be totally for it but for the fact that no justice system is anywhere near perfect and the chances of executing an innocent person are just way too high. I don't really go for the whole "Its state sponsored murder" argument. Frankly when I read about the violence and barbarity in some...

There is no implied finding that killing is less wrong than torture to be found in the argument that torture is wrong. Nobody is saying "Lets just kill these prisoners instead of torturing them, that would be less wrong." or anything to that effect. There are a lot of arguments to be made...

Naturally, I agree that the driver doesn't deserve to be punished. The thing with tort law is that the main focus is on compensating the victim, unless he or she is the author of his/her own misfortune. Plus you have to remember that the driver wouldn't be out of pocket for losing, his...

I'm not so sure. If it had been a 7 or 8 year old I could see it, but I surely think that a 12 year old ought to have known better. Bear in mind that this is a civil, not criminal case so finding that the boy wasn't at all liable means that the girl who'll have to live the rest of her life...

There are a few interesting tort cases involving minors I've been studying. The cut off point for civil liability seems to be about 7 years old. Cases are very rare because nobody ever sues kids (they generally don't have money) but go after the parents for negligence in their care instead...

Good post, but this is slightly inaccurate. In Canada you are eligible for parole after serving one third of your sentence and are mandatorily released after serving two thirds of it. Getting a convicted criminal to serve their whole term requires a special motion by the crown (as happened in...

Which countries exactly are doing olympic gymnastics to make America happy? Now that the US military is hopelessly bogged down in Iraq they know that the Americans won't be invading their countries anytime soon, so I think they would breathe a lot easier. Iran especially. They are the ones...

Turning mosques into McDonalds? This is going to be America's contribution to the "Cultural war"? Our clothes are better than theirs? What are you, 10,11 years old? Maybe, but there has also been a trend that has seen the violence increase the longer US troops remain and there isn't much...

I find the Bush administration's continued use of catch phrases like "stay the course" to be much the same, made even worse when you consider the status of the person making it. ER...so when American troops are in Iraq is not the time to ask if American troops should be in Iraq? When would...

I'm not sure about the specifics, I believe that the murder conviction happened because the case was over 70 years ago, probably today it would be manslaughter.

There isn't any question that he commited assault, he is obviously guilty on that count. The fact that he lacked mens rea for murder is easy to prove though, there is no way he could have foreseen that by merely striking the victim with moderate force death would result. And remember that the...

Actually, murder. But you are right, usually he would be convicted of manslaughter, because A) he lacked the intent (mens rea) to commit murder and B) the death had resulted as the result of a criminal act (assault). But for some reason in Missouri in the 1930s it was murder. You kind of...