Why are the judges so lenient?

You also fail at understanding the logic behind that sentence.

Okay fine, forget petty theft how can you defend sodomy?

A police state is the only way to keep citizens in check.
The lowest crime rates in history have been reported in 2 different situations:
During times of very high economic prosperity
During times when martial law was under effect

Only major offences,should warrant a sentence in jail,which will be a very harsh sentence because major crimes like murder/house robbery and not petty theft,there is no excuse for.

Why are you pairing burglary and murder up together.

And I've addressed this point, there are plenty of excuses for murder.

Why are you pairing burglary and murder up together.

And I've addressed this point, there are plenty of excuses for murder.

Would being trolled be an excuse for murder I feel I could commit it on some of the people who post on TSR

By the way,in one of your previous points you said that Self-defence was a reason for murder and it isn't and Self-defence is perfectly legal,even if you ended up killing the person,as long as you didn't use any more force than them(eg gun,knives etc) and they attacked first/threatened your life.There is no excuse for real murder,none at all.

Nope.

The phrase is 'reasonable force' which varies from case to case. Self-defense is indeed legal but on paper you did still commit a murder.

Let me throw a couple of situations at you and see if you still think there's no excuse for murder.

A depressed, suicidal, drug addicted 19 year old woman who is regularly beaten and abused by her pimp boyfriend finally snaps and kills him setting fire to his room while in was in there asleep.

A man holds a gun to your loved ones head and tells you to kill the next person you see or he'll kill your loved one. This would count as a murder under the law and you could not use the defense of duress.

The first situation no because she should have done a court case and not have turned to dugs.

The abused believes that the violence was his or her fault.
The abused has an inability to place the responsibility for the violence elsewhere.
The abused fears for his/her life and/or the lives of his/her children (if present).
The abused has an irrational belief that the abuser is omnipresent and omniscient.

The second one needs more description because how exactly can he hold a gun to your loved one's head and you have to kill someone,with what?-It is technically still murder because who is to say that one person's life,is worth more than another .

I don't understand this. A rapist can serve 2-3 years in prison. A drunk driver that kills people will be unlucky if he serves any time at all. Violent criminals aren't even getting a decade anymore. The prison system is a joke, it's a slap on the wrist and career criminals are taking advantages of it.
I'm all for the death penalty. The cost of commiting a crime is much higher when getting caught means dying.

Do it Saudi arabia style: rapists get their penis cut and you'll see how much rape will decline.
Start jailing drug users: no demand, no supply.

Stop being so lenient.

Murder- death
Rape- death
Assault- 20 years
Armed robbery- 20 years
Drug trafficing/distribution- death
Drug posession- 10 years
sodomy- 5 years
Theft- 15 years
petty theft- 5 years

And stop wasting public money and time by having a divorce take 2 years to resolve in court. It should be dealt with in a matter of weeks, 2-3 months at best.
It's a joke that it takes 2 minutes to sign a paper and get married but that long to get divorced.

Do it Saudi arabia style: rapists get their penis cut and you'll see how much rape will decline.

Stop being so lenient.

Murder- death
Rape- death

And stop wasting public money and time by having a divorce take 2 years to resolve in court. It should be dealt with in a matter of weeks, 2-3 months at best.
It's a joke that it takes 2 minutes to sign a paper and get married but that long to get divorced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_person_syndrome





Irrelevant, it can be with your bare hands if you want, the point is that you murdered someone. And of course its still murder, and the legal system accepts that, but are you honestly going to tell me

1. That it was not understandable
2. That you wouldn't have done the same in that situation.

Off-topic, but if someone assaults a police officer, is it any different from assaulting smoeone they know? I don't think it should be.

Yes there is a difference. Assault = 6 months. Assaulting a police officer = 2 years.

Why though? I think that gives unnecessary power to police officers.

It's because the offender is more culpable - police officers are doing their duty, and by assaulting them that interferes with their duty. There's also an offence for obstructing a police officer in his duty, that's only 1 month though.

There's also separate offences for resisting arrest, such as assault with intent to resist arrest (2 years) and wounding with intent to resist arrest (life)

Yes there is a difference. Assault = 6 months. Assaulting a police officer = 2 years.

Why are you being so lenient? Are you a liberal, sandal wearing do-gooder? They should simply execute all criminals. No risk of reoffending that way, will act as a deterrent to prospective criminals and saves the taxpayer's cash since there is no need for prisons!!! Problem solved