Re: Ask Howard Treesong About Law or Lawyering
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From a due process perspective, I don't think the Constitution permits increased punishment for crimes that a person has not yet committed, so I think the strict answer to your question is no.
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There are like a thousand sex crime related statutes that disagree with you on this.
Also, I'm a libertarian gun-nut and I would not feel the slightest bit of outrage if those guys were summarily put to death.
Not to tangent the thread, just pointing out that you've likely misidentified the philosophical underpinnings of your implied narrow view on what constitutes cruelty to animals.
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