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> Of course it's hard to empathize with criminals, well, because of their crimes. The accused in the American justice system is allowed a defense. Empathy has
by throwaway_xx9 10y ago
> Of course it's hard to empathize with criminals, well, because of their crimes.
The accused in the American justice system is allowed a defense. Empathy has nothing to do with that right.
Most people who are "criminals" were not convicted - they were plea-bargained. And many of those found guilty at trial were in fact innocent of any crime.
- beedogs 10y agoIt also kind of depends on the crime. I would have less of an issue with these sorts of devices being used in, say, a kidnapping investigation, than I would if they were used to catch street-level drug dealers.