Mme. Defarge
Mme. Defarge's JournalDepraved indifference to human life!
What Is Depraved Indifference
Depraved indifference is a type of conduct that lacks so much regard for the life of another person that it may warrant criminal liability to the same degree as a person intentionally committing a crime.
When assessing a person’s act, to qualify as “depraved indifference”, it’s important to look at the risk generated by the person’s conduct and not necessarily the consequences of injuries caused by the conduct.
In the United States, a depraved-heart murder or depraved indifference murder is a type of murder caused by a person’s depraved indifference to the human life although the person may not have had an explicit intention to murder.
In this type of situation, the defendant recognizes that his or her actions can result in the death of another or there is a high likelihood that another may die but chooses to ignore the risk.
The law considers that the person’s indifference or lack of concern for the risk to the life of another is so grave that the actions should be considered as a crime as if the person had malicious intent.
https://lawyer.zone/depraved-indifference/
A gun lobby sleeper cell?
Oregon Independent gubernatorial candidate, Betsy Johnson, has run hard hitting TV ads about how she will solve all of our problems by using her experience in our state legislature to bring the two parties together to solve our most urgent problems. They are good, hard hitting ads with a strong centrist message.
When Tina Kotek won the Democratic nomination last week I worried that her strong liberal record as our House Speaker since 2013 might make her vulnerable to Johnson’s, perhaps broader, statewide appeal.
This evening, however, when questioned by the host of a local NBC affiliated news show, she doggedly tried to defend her unwavering pro-gun lobby voting record and dug in on her pro-gun lobby stance. Which, for me, begs the question of where her loyalties truly lie and why she’s running as an Independent candidate for Oregon’s governor.
GOOD GRIEF, SCAM ALERT!
I just received this text message:
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Who did you vote for in 2016?
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TRUMP… (removed link)
Please correct your record in the next 23 minutes. Failure to respond will interfere with our 2022 voter turnout strategy.
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For the record, the last time I voted Republican was for Gerald Ford, which I deeply regret.
As cynical as it sounds, what about quantifying gun
violence’s total economic cost? Or the total economic/productivity cost of ignoring public safety measures during a pandemic. Oh, never mind.
Let us prey!
Is that what those Baptist preachers have been saying all along. Is it really just a matter of semantics?
IRS Question
In early April I received IRS Letter 5071C which instructed me to verify my identity in order to receive my 2021 federal tax refund. On irs.gov I was routed to a link for ID.me, which I could not get to work. A few days later I read an article in the Washington Post about a congressional investigation looking into the ID.me face-scan company. Then, a day or so later, my federal tax refund was deposited into my checking account.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this situation or have advice on whether or not I should still try to verify my I.D. with the IRS?
