What the heck did my post have to do with the bible? lol ADD much?
Find me a court of law in the USA where they don't have a bible. It's symbolic of religion's influence on our justice system, that same blind misguided morality that once burned "witches" alive is now putting this man into a dungeon for the rest of his life.
What does that have to do with the decision of the court? That is a whole other topic you just introduced for some odd reason that I have yet to figure out.
The typical american Judge is old and out of touch with people in their thirties, they live in a different world than we do. Read
Ross's letter pleading with the judge for mercy, it's chock full of desperate bullshit appealing to religion.
Half the reason we still have a failed war on (people) drugs going on is because at least 77% of americans have had their critical thinking skills short-circuited by religious brainwashing. Bronze age ethics doesn't work so well in the 21st century, but the morals of gods are immune to reason.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-nearly-8-in-10-americans-believe-in-angels/These people are judges and jurors, deciding the fates of fellow americans every day, and nearly four out of five of them believe in fucking angels. I'll let that sink in.
"Belief is primarily tied to religion, with 88 percent of Christians, 95 percent of evangelical Christians and 94 percent of those who attend weekly religious services of any sort saying they believe in angels.
But belief in angels is fairly widespread even among the less religious. A majority of non-Christians think angels exist, as do more than 4 in 10 of those who never attend religious services."
These people are dangerously stupid and deadly ignorant, and they are ruining lives. Every day.