If you could pass one law....

Maximum of 3 kids per mother. You don't need any more than that and would help solve a lot of the world's problems including poverty, climate change, overpopulation, hunger, waste, disease, overconsumption, animal cruelty, wildlife extinction, ecological destruction, house prices and so on and so on.

I'd also supplement it with a law on free contraceptives for all being the kind-hearted person I am if I got the honour of passing a second law.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
If you Murder another person you never get out of jail. Life would mean life for me.
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Devil's advocate here. If a woman who has been beaten for years by her abusive partner, proceeds to kill him while he's asleep (and therefore, in no position to defend himself), would your law apply then? The fact she waits for him to be asleep (rather than reaching for a knife while he's raining fists and boots on her), when she knows he's defenceless, might lead a prosecutor to claim that the "manslaughter" option can be ruled out.

FWIW, I think most juries would not convict the woman of murder (I wouldn't). I'm just opening it up for a Mrs Merton style debate.
 
You’d have no choice.
It would be murder.
You could plead for mitigation in sentencing though.
 
jimharri said:
Devil's advocate here. If a woman who has been beaten for years by her abusive partner, proceeds to kill him while he's asleep (and therefore, in no position to defend himself), would your law apply then? The fact she waits for him to be asleep (rather than reaching for a knife while he's raining fists and boots on her), when she knows he's defenceless, might lead a prosecutor to claim that the "manslaughter" option can be ruled out.

FWIW, I think most juries would not convict the woman of murder (I wouldn't). I'm just opening it up for a Mrs Merton style debate.
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There will always be grey areas. I still believe if you take a life knowingly then you should be punished accordingly. I also believe that if you take a life through reckless behaviour such as drink driving then the punishments should be more severe than they are and punishments in general should be tougher. Clearly we would need a lot more prisons though!
 
I'd intriduce 80 year terms for premeditated murder. Maybe reintroduce capital punishment if this doesn't work.
I used to think that one mistake was too many, but it is far outweighed by the number of innocent lives taken these days.
 
jimharri said:
Devil's advocate here. If a woman who has been beaten for years by her abusive partner, proceeds to kill him while he's asleep (and therefore, in no position to defend himself), would your law apply then? The fact she waits for him to be asleep (rather than reaching for a knife while he's raining fists and boots on her), when she knows he's defenceless, might lead a prosecutor to claim that the "manslaughter" option can be ruled out.

FWIW, I think most juries would not convict the woman of murder (I wouldn't). I'm just opening it up for a Mrs Merton style debate.
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I would. It's murder.
 
jimharri said:
Devil's advocate here. If a woman who has been beaten for years by her abusive partner, proceeds to kill him while he's asleep (and therefore, in no position to defend himself), would your law apply then? The fact she waits for him to be asleep (rather than reaching for a knife while he's raining fists and boots on her), when she knows he's defenceless, might lead a prosecutor to claim that the "manslaughter" option can be ruled out.

FWIW, I think most juries would not convict the woman of murder (I wouldn't). I'm just opening it up for a Mrs Merton style debate.
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Did you see the case of Cyntoia Brown in America. Was convicted of Murder at the age of 16 for shooting a guy who prostituted her. Was supposed to serve 51 years but then in 2017 the case became high profile with the like of rihanna and Kim Kardashian calling for her release and she was granted clemency in 2019
 
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