r/BeAmazed Feb 27 '25

Miscellaneous / Others 96 year old speeder and judge

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u/TomDestry Feb 27 '25

The way a justice system should work is that any law can be 'gotten away with' if society deems the individual circumstances sufficiently outside the behaviour the law is there to prevent.

Movies are full of protagonists doing illegal things because of the unlikely circumstances they find themselves in.

An example for your murder would be a man who lies in wait for the killer of his daughter. It's possible such a crime would be 'overlooked' or shelved in some way at some point in the journey to justice.

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u/TheEngine26 Feb 27 '25

"You're wrong because this is the way it happens in movies" is a hilarious argument.

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u/TomDestry Feb 27 '25

That wasn't my argument, I was trying to help you think of situations where society's wishes may clash with a law.

Thanks for trying to contribute.

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u/TheEngine26 Feb 27 '25

Yeah, it's just a thing you typed. It's fine, you made a silly argument. I don't know why Reddit always has to double down at the blackjack table like a kid who failed third grade math.

It's ok.