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Similar problems have been reported in Tennessee and also in Indiana - where prosecutors have had a perhaps more troubling issue of inmates being mistakenly rel
by dkarl 10y ago
Similar problems have been reported in Tennessee and also in Indiana - where prosecutors have had a perhaps more troubling issue of inmates being mistakenly released early.
It seems backwards to describe this as more troubling.
- egwynn 10y agoRelevant citation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_formulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_formulation
- briandear 10y agoNot at all. Do you want a rapist getting out of jail earlier? That would be troubling.
- djrogers 10y agoNot as troubling as a government depriving a citizen of their inalienable rights. That is by far the more troubling outcome - especially given the greater societal implications.
- brewdad 10y agoBut a person with a traffic ticket getting jailed and registered as a sex offender is better? Both are equally troubling. In my mind, the latter moreso.
- daveleebbc 10y agoHm - I take your point. I was coming at it from a public safety point of view first and foremost. But I can see the other side, sure.
- strictfp 10y agoBetter sorry than safe?
- r00fus 10y agoWhere have we gone where this cornerstone of legal philosophy [1] is in question? "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer" [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_formulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_formulation
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- kag0 10y agoKeep in mind this is a UK site. People are guilty until proven innocent, so from that perspective guilty people going free may indeed seem more troubling.
- noir_lord 10y agoThe UK is "Innocent until proven Guilty" except for specific exemptions (mostly related to not handing over encryption passwords, which is an offence itself..a lovely little logical trap they snuck in on that one didn't they).