Jack and Jill each shoot a (different) man in his sleep. Unknown to Jill, her victim happens to be wearing a bullet-proof vest, and he survives. Jack's victim, as expected, is not wearing a bullet proof vest, and dies of the gunshot wound. Jack is guilty of murder, while Jill is guilty of attempted murder. Jill will therefore receive a lighter sentence than Jack will.Is this morally appropriate? Shouldfully completed but unsuccessfulattempts be punished less severely thansuccessfully completed crimes?In defending your answer, you should focus on the sort of case described above, wherenothing but luckdistinguishes the successful from the unsuccessful criminal.

• You should address the questionas a moral one, not as a legal one. The question is whether the lawshouldpunish successful and unsuccessful attempts differently, not whether current lawdoespunish them differently.
• If you do not defend the same answer for each of the two cases, you should explain the moral basis of differentiating them.
• Whatever conclusions you choose to defend, you should consider the strongest possible arguments that you can for the opposing side, and then respond to them.
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