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Randy D

Are you convinced that you could never get away with committing a violent crime due to the myriad of ways they can be solved these days?

  Criminologists, detectives, forensics experts, and others in those fields have infinitely more combined experience in crime-solving than does the average violent criminal, especially more experience than the first-time violent criminal, or a person who commits a violent without malice or forethought and then attempts to cover it up or shift the blame elsewhere.
  Are you convinced that you yourself could never get away with committing a violent crime due to the myriad of ways they can be solved these days?






[NOTE: I am not asking the broad question as to whether or not you would ever commit a violent crime based on your morals, values, upbringing, temperament, education, spiritual or religious beliefs, the amount you care about human life and respect you have for the safety, comfort, liberty and wellbeing of others. My question is more specific in scope: does the probability of easily being found out play into the myriad of other reasons that deter you from committing a crime of violence against another person or against other people?]
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Posted - November 10, 2020
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  • 7404

    I would never commit a violent crime based on my morals, values, upbringing, temperament, education, spiritual and or religious beliefs, the amount I care about human life and respect I have for the safety, comfort, liberty and wellbeing of others....gawd, Randy. 


      November 10, 2020 4:37 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      I’m sending The Q&A Police to investigate you. 

      November 10, 2020 5:46 PM MST
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  • 10638
    Ok, disclaimer aside...I would have to say yes.  The way my luck is, it's a sure thing that I'd get busted every time.   (what do you mean an ant witnessed it?)
      November 10, 2020 5:23 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      Lots of ants!  (Rumor has it that Randy D may be their puppet master.)

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      November 10, 2020 5:40 PM MST
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  • I'm convinced I can't get away with committing any crime because I can't get away with driving 20 km/h above the speed limit, even when I'm the slowest driver on the road.  However, I may have learned something from binge-watching CSI.
      November 10, 2020 5:28 PM MST
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  • 53509
      November 30, 2022 9:01 PM MST
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  • 339
    But real life doesn't follow all those cop show scripts.

    According to  FBI crime stats there are currently about 256,000 cold case murders nationwide, some older than 40 years. 

    On average investigators are able to close roughly  62% of all murder cases, and only 35% of rapes and other crimes. That breaks down to about a 40% chance that someone who commits assault, rape, or murder will not be caught. Better than casino odds. 

    So the question is, do you feel lucky ...
      November 10, 2020 9:22 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      Er, um, I haven’t made any reference whatsoever to any TV shows, I’m referring to real-life situations just as much as you are.

      November 10, 2020 9:26 PM MST
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  • 339
    Real life isn't confined to a crime lab friend - And you know what "assuming" does 
      November 10, 2020 9:30 PM MST
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  • 844
    Those statistics go back before DNA, cell phone technology, and video surveillance cameras; the three biggest aids to criminal investigation today. What are the statistics for the last 20 years, the last 10 years? This post was edited by NYAD at December 3, 2022 4:29 PM MST
      December 1, 2022 11:53 AM MST
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  • 339
    ... Your alibis aren't holding up, so quit stalling Killah. Turn yourself in and give me best answer.
      November 10, 2020 9:50 PM MST
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  • 5835
    People who investigate the investigators tell me that less than 20% of violent crimes are ever solved. 

    That worries me because other investigators report that 12% of homicides in the US involve a cop on duty. That does not show up in the news because cops don't publish such statistics, for obvious reasons.
      November 11, 2020 11:56 PM MST
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