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On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:02:11 -0400, HK wrote:
Theft, typically, is a non-violent offense. That is only because we decided to call theft robbery if it is violent. And it is only non violent if the victim chooses to not resist. Casady |
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Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:02:11 -0400, HK wrote: Theft, typically, is a non-violent offense. That is only because we decided to call theft robbery if it is violent. And it is only non violent if the victim chooses to not resist. Casady Oh, I think there is a bit more to it than that. Theft, for example, typically does not involve the thief directly engaging face to face with the victim. If you are held up at gunpoint, you've been robbed. If someone steals a pocketbook from a desk, the crime typically is not robbery, is it? According to the OED, robbery... 1. a.1.a The action or practice of feloniously seizing, by violence or intimidation, property belonging to another; spoliation, depredation. I seem to recall discussing the fact that the United States imprisons a higher percentage of its population than any other modern western nation, and what might be done to lower that number. My suggestion was to reduce sentences for non-violent criminals and to decriminalize certain offenses, such as possession of "personal" amounts of pot. |
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jps wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:58:48 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:55:34 -0400, HK wrote: Oh, I think there is a bit more to it than that. Theft, for example, typically does not involve the thief directly engaging face to face with the victim. If you are held up at gunpoint, you've been robbed. If someone steals a pocketbook from a desk, the crime typically is not robbery, is it? The problem is, it is just a matter of time before a thief becomes a robber. It only takes getting caught in the act. Robber confronts victim intending to take from victim. Thief tries to steal undetected. Typically, precisely. |
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