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Parole boards don't claim that empirically speaking the person to be released will never re-offend only that they have met the legal standards previously outlin
by KekDemaga 9y ago
Parole boards don't claim that empirically speaking the person to be released will never re-offend only that they have met the legal standards previously outlined for parole.
Similarly a DA only attempts to prove to a jury that a defendant is guilty and it us their job to argue as much.
If an expert witness claims something that is untrue he would be subject to perjury.
- belorn 9y agoTechnically, isn't that because anything else would practically impossible and yet we want to have concept like limited jail time and ex-prisoners who live non-criminal lives. In order to allow for such concept, we also allow a less than perfect results from DA's, parole boards, and courts. If we want to have concept like people being cured of medical conditions, then we must also accept that doctors will make imperfect distinction between healthy and sick. The question society must make is how far we can accept that mistakes happen, and what safe guards we impose to handle the situations when someone fails.
- alkonaut 9y agoDoctors who claim someone id safe enough to release after treatment don't claim the person can't reoffend either. They say it's unlikely enough that it's not worth spending tax money holding them. Obviously if someone is found lying they should be held responsible - but the released person reoffending does not make the evaluation willfully dishonest.
- ska 9y agoPrecisely