Chapter 3017 The Ghost in the Distance (22)

When Arthur laughs, especially when he "laughs" because he's nervous and out of control, his voice sounds maniacal and harsh, like a mental patient.

But he is still very sincere when he smiles. Can such a person be considered mentally ill?

The Royal Counsel who defended Dudley and Stephens in 1884 used critical and insanity as the defense grounds, but the prosecution lawyer, who was also the Royal Counsel, considered the harsh conditions on the lifeboat and suggested that the defendant should be pardoned in the end.

Cannibalism is indeed easily associated with insanity, and even arouses many people's physical aversion, but it was indeed a "custom" generally accepted by society and belonged to sailors, and there was a process.

The first was the drawing of lots. Dudley and the others discussed this issue on the tenth day of drifting, and decided to draw lots to sacrifice one person to save the lives of the others. At that time, Parker had not yet drunk the sea water.

In fact, the situation was worse than that of Parker Stephens. He was older, and Parker's body was rapidly weakened because of drinking seawater, even weaker than Stephens who was more likely to die than him.

On the sixteenth day of drifting, Parker fell into a coma. Dudley proposed a "wise choice" to the adult crew members who were not unconscious. Bruce, another key witness, chose to refuse, and Stephens agreed to Dudley's proposal.

It is precisely because of this maritime practice that Dudley, Stephens, and Bruce were not immediately imprisoned as "ogre" after returning to the shore. The local police applied to the mayor for an arrest warrant in the name of murder on the high seas. The three were released on bail after being detained at the police station for a period of time.

Paying legal fees for Dudley and Stephen is also a public organization-sailors have to face this problem. If they are found guilty, according to the principle of "following precedent" in Anglo-American common law, sailors will also be punished in the same situation in the future. heavy sentence.

The one who insisted on their conviction was Sir William Harcourt, then Home Secretary in Gladstone's cabinet, and before that Deputy Attorney-General. When the Ministry of the Interior received the case file, the three of them were about to be released immediately. The local citizens supported their actions. Facing the raging public opinion, Sir Harcourt could only postpone the sentence.

In the era of the ancient Germans, crime was considered to be a private conflict between the perpetrator and the victim. For the active criminal, the victim of the crime and his family have the right to arrest, and even have the right to kill him on the spot without procedure. The victim must then take the murdered ex-convict to court and file charges.

It's just that the ancient Germanic law also included atonement through payment of goods to the victim, and private enjoyment of bloody justice (blutgerichtsbarkeit) was prohibited in principle.

It turns out that Parker is not completely an orphan. He also has a brother named Daniel, who even shook hands with the three Dudleys when he went to court.

The "Osmanthus" traveled from Southampton to Sydney. Since 1851, the gold rush has led to a large number of population movements. The transportation system has consolidated the image of Britain as a powerful industrial civilization with unforgettable performance.

At the Crystal Palace World Expo, the exhibition area reserved for the Anglo-American region is very remote. Besides gold and cotton, what other industrial products can they exhibit?

By 1854, gold mining in California was nearly exhausted, but there were reports of gold in areas such as Nevada, and even Australia.

In order to dig out gold and get rich overnight, people rushed to board the ship. How could an orphan pay for a passenger ship ticket?

The "Osmanthus Flower" was a cargo ship. The three Dudleys were also detained because of "transportation losses" when they entered the customs, and the Trade Commission was responsible for detaining them.

Logically, it is impossible for the mayor to sign an arrest warrant, but that day happened to be the weekend, and the place where the homicide occurred was on the high seas, the mayor quickly realized the international influence this case would bring, and immediately sent the case file to Ministry of the Interior.

If Thomas Wayne becomes mayor, he really cannot sign arrest warrants for the police to arrest those workers involved in the strike, but he can sign other executive orders, such as cutting some social welfare expenditures and increasing funding for the police and prisons. Arthur's mother is taking a medicine that will calm her nerves and treat her mania.

But the drug was discontinued because of cost cuts, not to mention what happens to manic patients on the street. Long-term use of that drug made Arthur's mother's blood vessels look like a chilled glass. Once stopped, the chilled glass would fall into boiling water, and soon she had a stroke.

A strike means no income, even if you don't spend money on shopping, you need to buy food and medicine.

After the 12th century, with the establishment of the public penalty system, the power of criminal justice was transferred from the hands of the victims and their relatives to the hands of various princes, and private litigation and revenge were gradually replaced by public prosecution procedures.

One function of public execution is "warning", warning those who want to make the same mistake, what will happen if they do those things, and then play a role in deterring crime.

Parker, Dudley, Stephens, and Bruce were originally on the same boat. They all faced the same danger and even hunted the turtle together.

But because Parker's "hope of survival" is lower than others, should he be sacrificed to save others?

If this is justified, then other people will use this standard instead of drawing lots to decide when they encounter this situation in the future, which will lead to a terrible result-the rationalization of killing, and it will be abused by people, such as Stephens , he is sicker than Mr. Parker, and he is in an older grade, ahead of Parker in time, and the one with a lower "survival hope".

So the three colluded to say that Parker sacrificed "voluntarily"?

In the case known as Queen v Dudley and Stephens, Bruce was a witness, and he was not among those sentenced to hang.

he is innocent? Although he disapproved of the actions of Dudley and Stephens, he also got a share of the pie.

This involves what Bentham called "punishing the innocent," which usually means someone who has not committed a crime. A person who commits a crime must of course be punished to a certain extent, but if the severity of the punishment is greater than the seriousness of the crime committed by the criminal, as far as the excess is concerned, the person will be "partially" innocent. perception.

A 12-year-old pickpocket, should he be hanged? Did this stop similar cases from happening again?

When punishing the guilty, some innocent people are also involved. No matter what Thomas Wayne did, Bruce was innocent, but he suffered the same fate as the guilty.

When he was enveloped by the malice and coldness of the world, a policeman gave him warmth and let him have a little hope for the world.

It is precisely because of the persistence of people like Sir Harcourt that the "customs at sea" did not continue.

Later generations, although they were afloat at sea, felt a force preventing them from following "usual" and did not feel that it was justified.

Even when the Titanic sank, people did not consider the issue of the board of Cana Anders. In order to gain the right to survive, the strong pushed the "weak" away, but let women and children get on the lifeboat first.

This is not advocating individual heroism, and the law does not force people to make sacrifices. The four options provided by the Kananders board also include the option of fighting each other and losing both.

It's just that people's life safety has been strongly impacted, and people have made their own choices in the instinctive response and "superego" response for survival, between "human" and "animal".

Black magic could be used in the right way if guided correctly, and she didn't want Severus to be led astray by "old friends".

She didn't know how Albus had done it, left him at Hogwarts, and now she was going to do the same, only in her own way.

"Tell me, Severus, how do you define 'innocent'?" Pomona said.

"You blame me because I'm a 'sinner'?" He asked rebelliously.

"No." She said emphatically.

"You admit to blaming me in your heart?" He asked with a frown.

"I'm blaming you, but it has nothing to do with what you think," Pomona said.

He looked at her puzzled.

"There are some things that only women know, you won't understand." Pomona said meaningfully.

Just like Isidora couldn't understand why Fitzgerald wouldn't let her remove his pain, who likes pain?

"Now to my question, how do you define 'innocent,'" Pomona said.

He sighed, lost in thought.