https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/15/things-get-ugly-in-illinois/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 21:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/15/things-get-ugly-in-illinois/#comment-94369 Wed, 30 May 2018 21:28:34 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10419#comment-94369 Straight G,
Yes, a big difference of opinion. Yes, judges have discretion over many things (addressed in my first post).

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/15/things-get-ugly-in-illinois/#comment-94365 Wed, 30 May 2018 21:28:34 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10419#comment-94365 Dear Sainted Straight Grandmother writes:
“…10LBS of Black Angus tenderloin down the pants.”
That image probably set back someone’s reparative therapy. 😉

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/15/things-get-ugly-in-illinois/#comment-94368 Wed, 30 May 2018 21:28:34 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10419#comment-94368 Carol,
Apparently we simply have a difference of opinion. I believe a person’s circumstance and background matter during sentencing. A 16 year old who steals from the grocery store because there is no food in the house and he is literally starving should get a different sentence than the man who stuffed 10LB of Black Angus tenderloin down his pants and tried to walk out. Isn’t this kind of the object of having Judges determine a sentence whereby they look at all the facts, including the background and circumstances of the guilty party? Otherwise we could simply codify sentencing an write a computer algorithm to spit out the sentence.
I guess you are in favor of handing down the same punishment to the 10LBS of Black Angus tenderloin down the pants as the starving teenager. I am not in favor of equal punishment, both stole from the grocery store, but the why they did it is different. The starving teenager should be punished but the punishment should not be as harsh as for 10LBS of Black Angus tenderloin down the pants.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/15/things-get-ugly-in-illinois/#comment-94359 Wed, 30 May 2018 21:28:33 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10419#comment-94359 Anyway, on a happier note, it does seem as if things might have got slightly less ugly in Geneva (at the UN): http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2011/10/did-un-just-get-lgbt-rights-concession.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SaveMehdiKazemi+%28LGBT+asylum+news%29

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2011/10/15/things-get-ugly-in-illinois/#comment-93900 Wed, 30 May 2018 21:04:51 +0000 http://wthrockmorton.com/?p=10419#comment-93900 Yes, Richard W. your English Reserve comes through. 😉

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