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<blockquote data-quote="YoungScud" data-source="post: 759967" data-attributes="member: 72423"><p>From the RWC news page, concerning the bans on Gray and Ford. I've included, at the beginning, a definition to illustrate my point.</p><p></p><p><em>Definition:</em></p><p><em>"Aggravating Factor. Any fact or circumstance that increases the severity or culpability of a criminal act. Aggravating factors include recidivism, lack of remorse, amount of harm to the victim, or committing the crime in front of a child, among many others."</em></p><p></p><p>"With respect to the sanction, the Judicial Officer deemed the act of foul play merited a low-end entry point, namely four weeks. <strong>The Judicial Officer added one week for aggravation due to the need to deter this type of dangerous foul play.</strong> However, taking into account mitigating factors including the players' conduct prior to and at the hearing, their expressions of regret, exemplary characters and excellent disciplinary records, the Judicial Officer reduced the suspension to a period of three weeks in respect of each player. "</p><p></p><p>The desire to deter a particular offence surely cannot be described as an aggravating factor, since the purpose of any law is to deter. By that, I mean that surely the same extra sanction would have to apply to any citing, unless the claim is that they don't really care about some offences. It's ridiculous, therefore, to use this kind of language, and particularly that phrase.</p><p></p><p>As far as an appeal is concerned, I expect no result from it, but it has to take place, and the full trasncript has to be published for the world to see how utterly corrupt the whole process is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YoungScud, post: 759967, member: 72423"] From the RWC news page, concerning the bans on Gray and Ford. I've included, at the beginning, a definition to illustrate my point. [I]Definition: "Aggravating Factor. Any fact or circumstance that increases the severity or culpability of a criminal act. Aggravating factors include recidivism, lack of remorse, amount of harm to the victim, or committing the crime in front of a child, among many others."[/I] "With respect to the sanction, the Judicial Officer deemed the act of foul play merited a low-end entry point, namely four weeks. [B]The Judicial Officer added one week for aggravation due to the need to deter this type of dangerous foul play.[/B] However, taking into account mitigating factors including the players’ conduct prior to and at the hearing, their expressions of regret, exemplary characters and excellent disciplinary records, the Judicial Officer reduced the suspension to a period of three weeks in respect of each player. " The desire to deter a particular offence surely cannot be described as an aggravating factor, since the purpose of any law is to deter. By that, I mean that surely the same extra sanction would have to apply to any citing, unless the claim is that they don't really care about some offences. It's ridiculous, therefore, to use this kind of language, and particularly that phrase. As far as an appeal is concerned, I expect no result from it, but it has to take place, and the full trasncript has to be published for the world to see how utterly corrupt the whole process is. [/QUOTE]
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