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Does a “reasonable” country not prosecute people for committing crimes?

• lostmyoldone 7y ago
  In a reasonable country, the prosecutors office and the police are supposed to prioritize crimes that cause the greater danger to people, and/or to the society. If prosecuting is unlikely to increase safety and well being, the resources are better used where such positive effects can be achieved. Prosecutors and police alike certainly doesn't have a perfect track record in this regard, there's still quite some room for improvement.
  • esoterica 7y ago
    So we should just not prosecute fraud/theft and other nonviolent or white collar crimes at all?
• ryanlol 7y ago
  Yeah, for actual crimes.