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A basic legal doctrine is that "it's better ten guilty men go free than one innocent man be unjustly imprisoned." If anything, prosecutors have been taking you
by ben509 7y ago
A basic legal doctrine is that "it's better ten guilty men go free than one innocent man be unjustly imprisoned."
If anything, prosecutors have been taking your attitude and gaming the system with plea deals, so you're not merely wrong, but horribly wrong.
- Barrin92 7y agoand I don't see how this doctrine is violated if companies like twitter act with caution when in doubt. (which they have every incentive to do) But nobody says "Johnny the crazy axe murderer gets to roam free because who is to decide what is true or not?" Which is just about where the speech debate is for some people.
- noelsusman 7y agoTreating everything as if the consequence of getting it wrong is sending an innocent person to prison doesn't make any sense. Courts don't even do that. They use different standards when imprisonment isn't an option.