This is a genuine question.
I have a hard time with this. My righteous side wants him to face an appropriate sentence, but my pessimistic side thinks this might have set a great example for CEOs to always maintain a level of humanity or face unforseen consequences.
P.S. this topic is highly controversial and I want actual opinions so let’s be civil.
And if you’re a mod, delete this if the post is inappropriate or if it gets too heated.
I am under the belief that there was no murder and he had a preexisting condition of lead poisoning. As such, we unfortunately do not cover these kinds of conditions in our penal system and his claim must be denied.
Yes, of course. Then face a jury. And hopefully go free via jury nullification.
No.
No. I hope he’s never found. I hope it destroys the careers of all the cops and politicians blowing shitloads of resources looking for him while they barely look at crimes against normal people. I hope all these insurance executives wake up in a cold sweat every night worrying that they’ll be next. That’s what’s best for the world.
Jury nullification would be nice.
I’ve already received a ban on LW and this community is on LW so I’ll point out that more communities should move away from LW
Prosecuted? Yes. Convicted? No.
CEOs will not become more human due to this potential threat, they will just keep a lower and more discrete profile (which have started to happen already) while probably increasing security measures up to their own convenience.
I would love that such kind of CEOs get prosecuted for good ethical reasons, but the legal system seems to not support such cases, so that’s what should be changed on the first place.
Also, because I trust in the strength of a civilised society and its monopoly of the violence, I want that anybody that decide to kill someone unilaterally face the consequences of such action, with consideration to all the circumstances as usual, so I want him also prosecuted: if I ever take justice into my own hands I will do it accepting all the consequences.
I don’t understand the reduction to a simple false dichotomy about which side between the shooter or the CEO must be taken, sounds like the deliberate simply polarisation from ill public forums nowadays.
Yes.
Not because I think what he did was wrong, but because I want his motives to go on record and possibly have a jury nullification, as although it is illegal to murder people; we have fostered a world where people might be driven to do this due to corporate greed.
Edit: It should be noted that I have consumed hundreds of articles on this topic, watched countless videos, and browsed thousands of threads online. I am yet to see a substantial amount of people condemning this action. Which speaks volumes that everybody is united in thinking this is fine and we have no issue with it.
I know the mods on lemmy.world are deleting posts educating US citizens on their legal right to nullification if they’re appointed to a jury, but I’ll say it anyway. You can simply just refuse to find someone guilty, even if there’s every bit of evidence and a video recorded confession.
This place is worse than Reddit. Bunch of bloodthirsty, instigating keyboard warriors and wannabe freedom fighters who love nothing more but to suck terrorist cock. What a joke.
I want it treated like every other murder in New York. I want the police to spend 5 minutes pretending to look for the perpetrator, shrug their shoulders, say “nothing could be done, thoughts and prayers”, then throw this into the perpetually growing pile of unsolved murders and move on with their day.
That’s what they do when anyone else in the city or state is murdered, this guy doesn’t deserve special attention. If they want to solve murders they should solve every murder, not just the billionaire’s murder.
it’s like someone revenging from the r4p1st of their daughter, who got away with it and was getting rich from it.
It is revenge from someone who destroyed their life. On top it’s someone you don’t have any legal route for justice against them.So my answer is he should not be sentenced to anything more than 5 months max.
What murderer? There’s an alleged person who allegedly may or may not have allegedly done something that allegedly resulted in the alleged death of that CEO. Allegedly.
Unfortunately this is America, and as members of Congress have publicly stated, there’s just nothing we can do about domestic gun violence. So even if an alleged person allegedly committed an alleged crime with a firearm, the system’s hands are tied.
Oh well. Anyway I’m gonna go eat some cake, since it’s all I have.
Yes, in a rule-of-law state a fair trial with a just outcome is mandatory. You can’t just go around and kill people. If he lost a loved one to unfair practices of the insurance, that needs to be taken into account during trial.
The best example for a justice system working is a case we had in Germany in the 70s. A child rapist and murderer was shot in court by the mother during trial. She was then prosecuted but didn’t have to go to jail due to the circumstances of the case. Her being tried and prosecuted means the case was closed without any loophole having to be used.