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Murderer With "Aggression Genes" Gets Reduced Sentence

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blame-it-on-genetics dept.

Noiser writes "New Scientist reports: 'In 2007, Abdelmalek Bayout admitted to stabbing and killing a man and received a sentence of 9 years and 2 months. An appeal court judge in Trieste, Italy, cut Bayout's sentence by a year after finding out he has gene variants linked to aggression.'"

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  1. Re:Where's the... by MyLongNickName · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Let me also respond to my own post: Is personal responsibility compatible with religion. If, after all, a god created me who is omniscient and omnipotent, where is there any room for free will, and consequently personal responsibility?

    There. I've offended everyone. Mod away.

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  2. Re:Where's the... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you're an idiot.