Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
. . . in the meantime well publicised prosecutions would not be misplaced at all.
They would be
entirely misplaced, as well as ineffective
. Attempting to criminalize undesirable behavior in a life-threatening emergency is a fool's errand.What's more, any such prosecution would be unlikely in the extreme to result in conviction
. Defense counsel and experts in behavioral psychology would eviscerate the prosecution and the chances of convincing jurors to convict would be negligible at best.