Why wasn't Kyp Durron ever punished?

[Stofsk]

That's more selfish than in Alien: Resurrection where the "heroes" plough the multi-kilometer USM Auriga science ship into one of Earth's continents (Africa or Australia?)

It was North America, you blind bat. ::P

[eyl]

Perhaps the GFFA's psycological/psychiatric field is advanced enough to recognise supernatural possesion as a measurable mental disorder, and thus, a valid legal defense.

Not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

A High Ranking Jedi Master could surely sell the point.



Or maybe the author just sucks.

I'll take B for $500.

Durron was under Exar Kun's influence, not his control - he was still in control of his own actions. Given the magnitude of his crime(s), that would make a diminished capacity plea a hard sell. More to the point, it doesn't seem anyone actually tried to make that case to the Senate.

[Big Orange]

That's more selfish than in Alien: Resurrection where the "heroes" plough the multi-kilometer USM Auriga science ship into one of Earth's continents (Africa or Australia?)

It was North America, you blind bat. ::P

Whatever the case, I got the impression that Earth by the time of Alien: Resurrection was a mostly abandoned piss hole and the reason that Winona Ryder was so concerned about the USM Auriga returning to that barren planet was perhaps due to bad writing - that must mean the solar system's population are living on gigantic orbital stations around Earth, Mars and Jupiter by then.