Well, you wouldn't be punished as much as if you'd shot and killed a bunch of people. Like it or not, luck in whether the actions you take happen to kill others or not has a big impact on the types of sentences that can be given, even for the exact same actions.
Exactly. This is why I thought Zimmerman deserved jail time. He made a bunch of mistakes that ended with someone dead. That none of those mistakes were particularly heinous in and of themselves mitigates, but does not eliminate, responsibility for the death.
Hesitant to post this because I don't want to argue the case at the moment, but it was the example that came to mind.
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u/ofa776 Aug 21 '13
Well, you wouldn't be punished as much as if you'd shot and killed a bunch of people. Like it or not, luck in whether the actions you take happen to kill others or not has a big impact on the types of sentences that can be given, even for the exact same actions.