That isn't a ridiculous scenario, it happens countless times a day across the world. Where does the line stop then? If people causing violent, physical harm to others is not a crime by your book, what is?
two teenagers with black eyes is one thing, a gun or knife, even a rock, with intent to kill is quite another. and a court would decide on the merits of each individual case. there would be no more cases where people are murdered by a repeat offender. " One of the most disturbing facts about many murder cases is that the perpetrator is often a repeat offender. Why are they repeat offenders? The Manhatten Institute reported that the average prison term of murderers released in 1992 was only 5.9 years. This country is paroling murderers after only 6 years. To put it simply, murderers that are paroled have the opportunity to kill again."
our prisons are so crowded they can't even handle the amount of criminals that need to be incarcerated so they let them go. what is your solution?