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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s right and fair. Sentences in the US are far too long. For someone lacking the intent to take a life, we should have short sentences. We should also have more 10-20 year sentences for intentional murders. [/quote]

What about negligence? There's no intent. For instance, the building owner that doesn't keep his building up to code and residents die in a fire. There was no intent to harm the residents even though a working fire alarm system could reasonably be expected to save lives. [/quote]

Sure. That sounds like criminal negligence. If you’re a slum lord with no regard for human life, I think a decade in prison isn’t unreasonable.[/quote]

Where was the intent? [/quote]

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Negligence is, definitionally, the absence of intent.

There are so many people talking out of there asses here.  [/quote]

OK, so negligence lacks intent. Therefore, any crimes which involve negligence lack intent and should be punished accordingly since DCUM has decided that only intent matters. Failure to maintain your rental property is just a fine. If someone dies in a fire related to that lack of maintenance, it's just a fine. I can't see how this would be abused. [/quote]

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