Reasonably in line? Yes
Are there some exceptions that should be changed? Also yes
Yes, mostly. There are some improvements that could be done, but I don’t think any fundamental reforms are needed.
So you would say that the law usually corresponds to what you perceive as justice?
To go into some more details-
Good: Serious crimes are punished - I don’t expect anyone to get away with murder. There are no political crimes, you won’t get imprisoned for being against the government. Minimal religious influence on laws.
Bad: Small crimes like theft is are not treated consistently. Unlike some who call for harsher penalties I disagree. I think the penalties are appropriate but a lot of cases go ignored. If every case was processed even with a metaphorical slap on the wrist, there would basically be no theft.
To be seen: Command responsibility. Recently there was a case where a government official’s inaction during a natural disaster resulted in people dying. Some would have died anyway but it could have been minimized if they acted quickly. The trial is in progress, we’ll see what comes of it, but the laws exist.
That sounds pretty reasonable, may I ask which country you live in? Or in which region of the world?
There are many things wrong with the laws in the US. I’m not even sure where I’d start
But the other bigger problem is enforcement. Some people do a murder and get a nationwide search. Others the victims family get a “lol can’t help you”.
Recommend reading “the new Jim Crow” for one look at one part of this.
I became anti-death penalty because the real world data of how it has been applied clearly shows the state does not apply it evenly to all. It disproportional is applied to people of color. Moreover, the state has shown it doesn’t convict evenly, so not only can people be wrongfully convicted at a higher rate for some, but they can even be put to death by the state. So innocent people are being wrongfully convicted and even put to death. Until we, as a society, can apply laws and punishments evenly, we cannot have laws and punishments only for some. So the death penalty should be off the table.
Fiscally, the death penalty is also more expensive to enforce than life in prison. So ethically or fiscally, the death penalty should be abolished.
Many laws in the UK align with basic human moral values, but some serious reform (no, not that one) is needed in terms of copyright shouldn’t exist, capitalism is too unrestricted, healthcare is being underfunded, particularly for GAC and mental health, and there are worrying trends in the direction of less freedom of speech and privacy, both in real life with the recent protest restriction laws, and how they’re trying to break encryption on our devices.
I’m in America, and I think they’re mostly reasonable. I can name a few laws that aren’t, but I’d say that most of it is reasonable.
