but it was the intent - he thought it was drugs, so thought he was breaking the law, and as such deserves the punishment.
Bitter taste of M&M's
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That's ridiculous logic, a thought crime.
Better put, he ATTEMPTED to traffic drugs..
So you'd be ok with attempted murderers not being charged because they didn't do anything.. right?
Attempted murder requires someone to have taken a step towards killing the person, it requires more than intent. In this case nothing actually happened.
Well maybe in a case like this, a 'thought crime' where no-one has actually (got drugs), but they think they have, the punishment should be the same. After all, the criminal would have performed exactly the same actions whether the drugs were drugs or M&M's. It is not a true 'thought crime' anyway, as the things the person did were not contained in their head, and the criminal made it clear he believed he was taking part in an illegal activity, and took actions that would have resulted in drugs being illegally imported if they had been real drugs.
Also surely the fact he attempted to traffic drugs indicates a criminal outlook? and as such the person is likely to (re?)offend so should be stopped and rehabilitated(lol) in prison.
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The fact is no actual crime happened, and there is no evidence to suggest it was going to be anything other than a one off. 3 months for transporting m&m's which were believed to be a drug much safer than alcohol anyway, ridiculous and hypocritical.
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Oh good lord
.And yes, that's as much of an argument as you're getting. You don't deserve anything more.
I don't imagine you capable of forming one anyway.