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Blackstone's formulation for those who didn't bother to click through: >"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer" Wise to ke
by pervycreeper 11y ago
Blackstone's formulation for those who didn't bother to click through:
>"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer"
Wise to keep this in mind if you wish to be justice-conscious.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoGiven 11 people who each have a 90.9% chance of having significantly harmed a child and the option to release all or jail all, how many would be for releasing all of them? I find that most people don't follow Blackstone's formulation in practice. Maybe if it was 1 guilty person, but not 10.
- pervycreeper 11y ago>how many would be for releasing all of them? I'm not sure; haven't made a survey. Probably most. It doesn't matter in any case.
- v64 11y agoRelease them all. Innocent until proven guilty.
- wfo 11y agoIt depends on how accurately describe the punishment you are meting out, and very much on the words you use. Given 11 people who you suspect 90.9% chance of having significantly harmed a child and the option to let them live free until you're absolutely certain they are guilty or lock them all in cages to be repeatedly beaten and raped for years at a time without being sure first, which would you pick?