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this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2024
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Ya know, I didn't think I'd be publically supporting so many murders in such a short amount of time, but here we are.
Maybe murder isn't bad by default. Maybe it matters motive and context. Like maybe if you find out someone is a murderer, the default response sould be "Well, now hold on. Let's hear him out."
I remember a story in the 90s where a guy was on trial for murder. He stabbed a guy 114 times. When the trial went on, it turns out it was his brother-in-law who had been raping his 8 year old daughter for a year. When his wife found out about the rape, the guy threatened to kill her and the daughter if he ratted on him. So that same night when he finds out from his wife that he threatened them, he goes into full rage mode. Storms his house. Climbs up the side of his house crashes through some big window. Grabs a knife and just stabs him over and over and over.
When the lawyer tried to paint him as some psycho who's a danger to society, he simply said "I am not a danger to society. I am a danger to those who threaten and rape my family. Are you threatening to rape and kill my 8 year old daughter or wife?" And the lawyer said no. So he said "Then I'm not a threat to you. I'm not a violent man, and it brought me no pleasure to kill him. But I WILL protect my family."
The jury unanimously voted not guilty.
I've said this a few places now, but I'm pretty sure everyone has situations where they believe killing someone is justified. It could be the death penalty, or removing a dictator, self defence, whatever. And everyone will have some they think are wrong that others don't. I'd obviously want to avoid it as often as possible, and in instances where there is another viable alternative I'd prefer that to be taken, but there are plenty of situations where unfortunately there is no other method. I think relying on any rigid set of rules to definitively say something is wrong or right in all contexts is flawed. Laws shouldn't be some ultimate measure of morality, and things that should generally be unacceptable can still have exceptions, because nothing exists in a vacuum and the judgement of an action can't be done without understanding that context.
don't forget mercy, there was a guy in sweden who killed his wife (i believe he shot her?) after she had explicitly asked for it verbally and in text for a long time, and the court took that in mind and lessened his verdict from murder to manslaughter or whatever the correct terms are.