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Old 08-27-2013, 01:15 PM   #115 (permalink)
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It seems like with a for-profit crime like drug smuggling, risk assessment would be a pretty significant part of deciding whether or not one is willing to do it. They would most certainly be thinking about getting caught, so I don't think the murder vs theft analogy really works here.
The analogy was just used, to demonstrate the mindsets of the perpetrators involved here. Sure one is for economic profit and the other usually for selfish emotional profit (depending on the circumstances). But both are more or less treated equally in Peru. Drug mules getting upto 25 years and murderers upto 28 years, that's around 3 years difference. These are two crimes that I see as being world's apart in terms of seriousness and scope, and therefore I think they should be treated distinctly.

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I don't care that much about the crime. I've only questioned practical aspects of what you've said, as that's more interesting to me than what happens to these two women. If anything I'd say the worst part of the crime is providing bread and butter for the cartels.
Fair enough.
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