It does me.
Court cases where the defendant claims mitigation because they were pissed, or stoned, or off their face for some reason, or had a bad childhood or something.
In this case, where the victim was stabbed by a 17 year old youth, the youth’s lawyer said he had been “extremely,extremely intoxicated” on the night, as if this is some sort of defence for randomly stabbing some guy who just happened to cross his path. Well, too bad, so sad. If you can’t drink without getting angry and violent there is an easy solution – don’t drink, fuckwit! Also, I reckon anyone who carries a knife in public should get a couple of years gaol just for that, and if they commit crimes with it, thats just the flagfall on their sentence. I note the maximum sentence for the youth’s offence is 10 years gaol …. bet you he gets nothing like that though, probably a year or so.
Then we have this case where a woman smashed a beer glass in another woman’s face, leaving her blind in one eye. Her lawyer argued her client had consumed a lot of alcohol on the night, plus was an orphan, and then went for the hat trick, saying she had been abused when she was young. OK, maybe unfortunate, but no excuse for getting violent – if she can’t handle it, don’t drink. The offender, Tyneal Louise Jenkins, got 5 years for this. (by the way, Tyneal …..bogan alert!!!!).