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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 283184" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I don't think getting into the legalities of this case or that one, is what this thread is about. Our legal systems are different between our countries and I believe even in the US, between states. We get US legal shows on Aussie TV and husband & I often sit and shake our heads in disbelief at the evidence not allowed, and the reasons it's not allowed. How can a juror truly assess a case if the evidence has not been presented in full? </p><p></p><p>All judgement is relative. We are asked to apply a b/w judgement to something that is relative and generally coloured grey (even when we might think the grey is really black - sometimes it's charcoal instead).</p><p></p><p>On the shaken baby cases, there generally is more to the cases. One thing has stood out for me in so many of the cases of children harmed - too often, the perpetrator, usually male, is a step-parent or boyfriend. And if you look in the animal kingdom especially among predators, you find similar situations. A lion that comes in and takes over a pride will often kill the cubs born to the previous pride male (the one he's supplanted). That way the lionesses will come back into season sooner and the new male has a chance to get them pregnant and see the new offspring raised to independence. The sooner the supplanting male does this, the better his chance of successfully passing his genes on to the next generation. The most successful lions are the ones with more offpsring surviving to reproduce.</p><p>I think wolves do this too. Ans I know there are other animal species that do this.</p><p></p><p>The thing is - we are human, we tend to think of ourselves as above animals, but too often we find this same scenario - a new boyfriend or husband is jealous or resentful of the offpsring by a previous partner, and one way or another, does the utmost to get rid of them.</p><p></p><p>This is NOT the norm in human society but it does happen often enough to be something we should always be alert for in our lives (should we live in such a situation) or if WE are the new partner, to be wary of the occurrence of these feelings in ourselves.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes we're closer to the animal kingdom than we like to think.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 283184, member: 1991"] I don't think getting into the legalities of this case or that one, is what this thread is about. Our legal systems are different between our countries and I believe even in the US, between states. We get US legal shows on Aussie TV and husband & I often sit and shake our heads in disbelief at the evidence not allowed, and the reasons it's not allowed. How can a juror truly assess a case if the evidence has not been presented in full? All judgement is relative. We are asked to apply a b/w judgement to something that is relative and generally coloured grey (even when we might think the grey is really black - sometimes it's charcoal instead). On the shaken baby cases, there generally is more to the cases. One thing has stood out for me in so many of the cases of children harmed - too often, the perpetrator, usually male, is a step-parent or boyfriend. And if you look in the animal kingdom especially among predators, you find similar situations. A lion that comes in and takes over a pride will often kill the cubs born to the previous pride male (the one he's supplanted). That way the lionesses will come back into season sooner and the new male has a chance to get them pregnant and see the new offspring raised to independence. The sooner the supplanting male does this, the better his chance of successfully passing his genes on to the next generation. The most successful lions are the ones with more offpsring surviving to reproduce. I think wolves do this too. Ans I know there are other animal species that do this. The thing is - we are human, we tend to think of ourselves as above animals, but too often we find this same scenario - a new boyfriend or husband is jealous or resentful of the offpsring by a previous partner, and one way or another, does the utmost to get rid of them. This is NOT the norm in human society but it does happen often enough to be something we should always be alert for in our lives (should we live in such a situation) or if WE are the new partner, to be wary of the occurrence of these feelings in ourselves. Sometimes we're closer to the animal kingdom than we like to think. Marg [/QUOTE]
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