Murderer With "Aggression Genes" Gets Reduced Sentence 507
Noiser writes "New Scientist reports: 'In 2007, Abdelmalek Bayout admitted to stabbing and killing a man and received a sentence of 9 years and 2 months. An appeal court judge in Trieste, Italy, cut Bayout's sentence by a year after finding out he has gene variants linked to aggression.'"
Whoa (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe I wouldn't have lost my job if I could have proven I have a laziness gene.
Re:Whoa (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Backwards? (Score:3, Funny)
Why would you use him as an actor in an amateur remake of Saw?
Re:Where's the... (Score:5, Funny)
Says who?
By the way, you may be surprised to learn that humans are animals. We're apes, more specifically.
Get your logic away from me you damned dirty ape!
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We can measure the speed or location of a murder but not both at the same time?
Use the Texas Defense (Score:2, Funny)
"He needed killing your honor." - Felon
"Well, okay, we'll let this pass this time but don't go killin folks who don't need it. Case dismissed!" - Texas Judge
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To protect us from those persons who cannot recognize the validity of this statement: "No man has a right to harm another. And that is all the government should restrain him."
I'm not sure if that's what you've actually meant, but you basically just said, "everyone who's not a libertarian should be imprisoned".