HelenaHandBasket said:UMGriz75 said:No, it proves that common sense, in the hands of those that have it, goes a long ways to understanding these circumstances.HelenaHandBasket said:Guess that makes it all good....nothing more to see here....
lack of common sense is what started this whole thing
PlayerRep said:Wonder what's taking the athletic committee so much time? Don't think the coach is even on the committee, and I don't like the composition of the committee. From recollection, the punishment under the code should be a one-game suspension and some lesser stuff, if the individuals haven't had other problems in the past 2 (or 3) years. Assume there's wiggle room to do more. Assume it'll get run by Engstrom. Then there's Stitt. Stitt doesn't like stuff like this type of stuff at all and wants to minimize this type of stuff. All coaches do, but I think Stitt is more hard line, and he didn't have to deal with much of this at Mines, I assume.I suppose he could make a statement by being very tough. On the other hand, he knows they've already gone through alot and gotten significant penalties from the county attorneys office. He know these are good kids, who haven't been in trouble, to my knowledge. I assume he and the coaches also believe UM has a decent chance of sneaking into the playoffs if they win all 3 games, especially if they were in convincing fashion. No reason to have given up on the season. I assume Brady is getting close to be ready to go, even if it's off the bench, but don't know. I've been trying to think of what Stitt or the committee could impose, without going to 2 or more game suspensions. That just wouldn't be right, in my view.
Few of you know this about me but I also was once a Judge. Best goddamn chili that I've ever had!!LongTimeCatFan said:UMGriz75 said::?:LongTimeCatFan said:There was no disparity of force in the Kaarma case.
We "think" differently.
Let me word that better. There was disparity of force, just not on the part of the defense.
Kaarma could not use disparity of force as part of his defense.
Oh and I agree that we "think" differently. I understand the law of self defense better than you OR PR for that matter.
Can't believe you were a judge.
jodcon said:Seems like this should have been resolved by now regardless of severity...kind of a head scratcher.
UMGriz75 said:You keep stumbling over the same point: there was no criminal intent on the part of the UM students. None. On the other hand, using the State's argument in Kaarma, leaving the garage door open was at least a negligent act on Kaarma's part because it offered the opportunity to random teenagers to enter the premises. The fact that it was, in fact, an intentional act only took advantage, the State argued, of the natural inclination of random teens to "explore." His premises would not have been subject to a trespass invasion if he had simply secured the premises, and so he could not "blame the teens" nor was it any justification whatsoever for shooting one of them.LongTimeCatFan said:The intent wasn't there
I don't think there's any amount of money that could possibly cover that emotional traumajtgriz2 said:How much compensation should I receive for reading all 1011 posts on this topic???
The teen was unarmed.LongTimeCatFan said:Actually the intent makes Kaarma a mutual combatant and you can't be the aggressor and claim self defense.
UMGriz75 said:The teen was unarmed.LongTimeCatFan said:Actually the intent makes Kaarma a mutual combatant and you can't be the aggressor and claim self defense.
It was a better case than what has been presented by people like you on this thread as to why the homeowner felt threatened and needed $16,000 in counselling. Kaarma got prison. Ironically, the deceased in the Kaarma case not only had criminal intent, had actually committed the crime several times -- crimes the State did little to resolve -- but was absolved of it by the State's insistence that Kaarma, by leaving his premises open, enticed the deceased.LongTimeCatFan said:UMGriz75 said:The teen was unarmed.LongTimeCatFan said:Actually the intent makes Kaarma a mutual combatant and you can't be the aggressor and claim self defense.
He didn't know that, but he couldn't see him either so he couldn't determine jeopardy. Lots of holes in Kaarma's self defense case.
But we're not to 60 pages yetgrizindabox said:How about people just give it a rest already....