Controversial grand jury decision

[Occhidiangela]

If anger is insanity, then the whole foundation of the justice system (in either of our countries) is pretty much down the toilet.

-Jester

I don't disagree with you in general principle, but I don't make excuses for people possessed by demons either, as you appear to be doing for Yates. What's good for the gander is good for the goose, though the situations are certainly not identical. The reaction to the rape (or a believed rape) of one's wife or other family member would strike me as a far more powerful visceral response, at its root, in a short time span, temporary insanity, than a methodical corraling and drowning of your own five children. Since I am not comparing insanity as equivalent to anger generally, as you also appear to be doing, I will leave you to dance with that man of straw until the music stops. ;)

*cue to Denis Leary's "Voices in my Head"*

As to our justice system (and I refer solely to the American justice system, there is no collective system of justice for all of humanity) being down the toilet, it already is. It has been since "society is to blame" entered the conversation.

A pity, but there it is. Imperfect people buggering up life, and each other's lives.

Occhi