Not following the rules in the OP
Jaywalking
Tresspassing
Drug possession (enough for personal use only)
Theft
Battery
DUI
Kidnapping (real kidnapping. NOT parents who take off with their own kids due to custody battles.)
Rape
Murder
Kidnapping, followed by Rape and Murder
Treason
I think any betrayal of one’s country that’s serious enough to be treason has at least the possibility of causing death.
By the way, I didn’t mean to imply that changing or deleting crimes from the list is frowned on. I just hope people will try to work with the existing list as far as possible.
Merging Cisco’s list into the main list:
Minor traffic offenses
Drug possession (enough for personal use only)
Tresspassing
Theft
DUI
Assault
Battery
Kidnapping (not of one’s own children)
DUI resulting in injury
DUI resulting in death
Date Rape
Stranger Rape
Treason resulting in death
Murder
MEBuckner: The game-like format is a mechanism for generating structured discussion.
Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Owning, carrying or brandishing a big scary gun
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Jaywalking
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
DUI
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder
Treason
Torture
Not following the rules in the OP
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe. In that order.
Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Owning, carrying or brandishing a big scary gun
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Jaywalking
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
DUI
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Killing a clown
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder
Treason
Torture
Not following the rules in the OP
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe. In that order.
It is a violation of trust. It causes women to not trust those who claim to be friends. On the criminal’s side, I think it’s a worse crime to get to know someone and then rape them, as opposed to raping someone you don’t know - not unlike the difference between premeditated murder and the manslaughter of a stranger in a fight.
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Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Owning, carrying or brandishing a big scary gun
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Not following the rules in the OP
Jaywalking
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
DUI
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Talking loudly in a movie theater (Evening and non-family movie)
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Killing a Mime (possibly lower)
Killing a clown
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder
Treason
Torture
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe. In that order.
Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Owning, carrying or brandishing a big scary gun
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Not following the rules in the OP
Jaywalking
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
DUI
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Talking loudly in a movie theater (Evening and non-family movie)
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Killing a Mime (possibly lower)
Killing a clown
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder
Treason
Torture
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe.
**Posting polls in the Great Debates Forum. **
In that order.
Moved. [ /Modding ]
OK, it can go in IMHO if you want. I didn’t intend it to be a poll, though–I’m not just asking each person to post their own list of crimes.
“Date rape” sometimes is used to refer to any rape that begins with drugging someone’s drink at a bar or party. It doesn’t always imply a close relationship between the parties.
Ok Mangetout, how/why is rape worse than child abuse?
You should have added McCain/Obama or any variation to the title and it would have been camouflaged and stayed in GD. 
Tier 1: Jaywalking, Littering, Drug Possession, Speeding, Public Drunkeness/Underage Drinking
Tier 2: DUI, Theft, Fraud, Destruction of Property/Vandalism, Possession w/ intent to deliver illegal drugs
Tier 3: Breaking & Entering, Automobile Theft, Grand Larceny, Assault & Battery
Tier 4: Rape, Child Molestation, Kidnapping, Date Rape
Tier 5: Attempted Murder, Murder
Tier 6: Murder of a Minor
Tier 7: Genocide/Treason
Nah, then we would have just moved it to the Pit.
If you murder a 90 year old is it as bad as murdering a 40 year old. Should they be different crimes? One loses maybe 5 or 10 years. The other maybe 45 or 50.
Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Owning, carrying or brandishing a big scary gun
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Not following the rules in the OP
Jaywalking
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
Shouting “Movie!” in a crowded firehouse
DUI
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Talking loudly in a movie theater (Evening and non-family movie)
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Killing a Mime (possibly lower)
Putting Catsup on a hotdog
Killing a clown
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder
Treason
Torture
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe
Reciting one’s own poetry in public
Gees – I worked on this once, for real. It took at least a couple of years to develop, and it is revised almost every year.
Here’s the current version Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
Summarized list is:[ul]
[li] *(Major crimes such as 1st degree Murder, etc., where the Legislature has assigned a mandatory life sentence, are not listed.)[/li][li]Murder, 2nd Degree (intentional murder; drive-by- shootings)[/li][li]Murder, 3rd Degree[/li][li]Murder, 2nd Degree (unintentional murder) [/li][li]Assault, 1st Degree [/li][li]Controlled Substance Crime, 1st Degree[/li][li]Aggravated Robbery, 1st Degree[/li][li]Controlled Substance Crime, 2nd Degree[/li][li]Felony DWI[/li][li]Controlled Substance Crime, 3rd Degree[/li][li]Residential Burglary [/li][li]Simple Robbery[/li][li]Nonresidential Burglary [/li][li]Theft Crimes (Over $5,000)[/li][li]Theft Crimes ($5,000 or less) [/li][li]Check Forgery ($251-$2,500)[/li][li]Sale of Simulated Controlled Substance[/li][li] (Misdemeanor crimes are not included.)[/li][/ul]Also, Criminal Sexual Conduct crimes have their own list.
A 90 year old isn’t expected to live 5 or 10 more years. In fact, the average life expectancy is more like 75, so by murdering a 90 year old you’re actually giving him 15 years. You should get a ribbon!
Owning, carrying a big scary gun with the proper permits
Jaywalking
Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Putting Catsup on a hotdog
Not following the rules in the OP
Brandishing a big scary gun (which can, you know, be a real crime and stuff)
Shouting “Movie!” in a crowded firehouse
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
Littering
DUI
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Talking loudly in a movie theater (Evening and non-family movie)
Talking loudly in a movie theater (Family movie. This teaches kids it’s ok to talk in movies, people!)
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder (clown, mime, or civilian)
Treason
Torture
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe
Reciting one’s own poetry in public
Naming your baby Jazmine, Tiffani, et alia
I think littering needs to be on this list, and higher than it placed before being cruelly stricken from the list of crimes. Littering comes with a high cost to the environment and public well-being. Also, because it seems innocuous, it is still somewhat socially acceptable, which makes it more pernicious.
Drug use, possession and sale to clear-thinking adults
Owning, carrying or brandishing a big scary gun
Clean, safe drug manufacture
Not following the rules in the OP
Jaywalking
Statutory Rape with a willing 17 year old
Stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back
Pirating software, music, etc.
Speeding
Shouting “Movie!” in a crowded firehouse
Trespassing
Vandalism
Stupid, inattentive driving
Theft
Talking loudly in a movie theater (Evening and non-family movie)
DUI
Reckless driving
DUI causing injury
Killing a Mime (possibly lower)
Putting Catsup on a hotdog
Killing a clown
Assault
Date Rape
Battery
Child abuse
Stranger Rape
Murder
Treason
Torture
Genocide
Intentional destruction of Humanity, Earth, Sun, Galaxy, or Universe
Reciting one’s own poetry in public
One wonders why people rank torture as worse than murder. You can recover from torture and have a life. You can’t recover from death. It seems to me that causing someone much pain and suffering is still better than erasing the entire existence of a person.