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There's no such thing as a black and white case. For a simple counter example, you can look up the Outreau case : 12 people were accused of raping and videotap
by Majestic121 7y ago
There's no such thing as a black and white case.
For a simple counter example, you can look up the Outreau case : 12 people were accused of raping and videotaping children, with multiple testimonies. And 5 years later, the majority of them were found to be actually innocent.
If death penalty was a thing in France, they would have got it for sure, as it was a very emotionnal case at the time.
You can also check the movie 12 Angry Men, which is a work of fiction obviously, but still very relevant on why counting on 'black and white cases with extreme evidence' is simply wishful thinking, and will lead to innocent people being killed
- tomatocracy 7y agoThe case of Timothy Evans, who was wrongfully convicted and hanged in the 1950s in the UK (classic case of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time) is even more appropriate. After his execution the actual killer (a serial killer) went on to kill several other women. It was highly influential in the eventual abolition of the death penalty in the UK in the 1960s.