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In reply to the discussion: William Lynch Found Not Guilty in Beating of Priest He Said Sexually Abused Him [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)28. That's what I'm thinking
It sounds like anyone with a 30-year grudge can get away with murder, or at least felony assault, if the reason for the grudge (real or imagined) happens to be one that stirs up so much emotion.
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William Lynch Found Not Guilty in Beating of Priest He Said Sexually Abused Him [View all]
hue
Jul 2012
OP
"Two wrongs don't make a right," she said in her closing arguments on Monday.
bluestateguy
Jul 2012
#1
What about three or more wrongs? Because Lynch was just the last in line of a whole lot of wrongs
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#66
What specific outcome which could not be achieved in any other way except through violence...
LanternWaste
Jul 2012
#69
Satisfaction to the victim from a sense of justice delivered to the perpetrator. A vicarious sense
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#70
Yeah that's the ticket, leave it to the felons to beat the crap out of him.
MichiganVote
Jul 2012
#23
There are a few people who I would beat to a pulp if I knew I could get away with it
Kolesar
Jul 2012
#6
It's possible to read this story and feel justice has and has not been done here.
Brickbat
Jul 2012
#8
I feel for the victim of child abuse. But you can't let people take the law into their own hands
Bucky
Jul 2012
#9
Fact is, if that priest's superiors had done the right things decades ago, that wouldn't have
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#65
Like how the RCC took justice into their own hands by covering up and moving predators from parish
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#67
Yes, the defendant (victim in the assault case) denied it. That's often the case. The prosecution
mzmolly
Jul 2012
#41
I meant to say the priest denied it. He was not the defendant in this particular suit.
Art_from_Ark
Jul 2012
#48
I would wonder about that too. Is it a good thing that someone can assault someone on the basis of a
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#37
This ruling and the viewpoints of some here that it was ok to assualt the guy cause me concern.
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#32
No argument if it happened it was horrible but the point is people are being hypocrites.
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#49
Sorry but I dont buy that sugar coating of it being "justice" in any shape or form and
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#61
The statute of limitations already covers that unless of course if you meant
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#64
Its moot as far as the law is concerned, if you want to abolish the statute of limitations
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#73
No, I am trying to get it through your head that just because you believe it is justice does not
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#76