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English Law (which is where the American system came from) is ingenious. It is the crown jewel of liberalism. > These are peoples lives, why is this system ga
by leftyted 7y ago
English Law (which is where the American system came from) is ingenious. It is the crown jewel of liberalism.
> These are peoples lives, why is this system gamified? Why is it not a truth-seeking system?
Which systems aren't "gamified"? Please point me to a "truth seeking system" that exists out in the world. Truth-seeking systems are an ideal.
The lawyer in this AMA, Sean O’Brien, argues for increasing the funding for public defenders. That's a smart idea. Lamenting the supposed awfulness of the system is lazy and useless.
- SpaceL10n 7y ago> English Law (which is where the American system came from) is ingenious. It is the crown jewel of liberalism. Lol, wut?
- dang 7y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? We're trying for a bit better than internet default here.
- tim333 7y agoIn England however where we still have English Law very few innocent people get sent to jail. If anything the system is flawed the other way in that quite a lot of guilty people get let off. I remain puzzled why the US is as it is.
- 0xffff2 7y agoIs there an actual study on the rates of mistaken guilty verdicts on a country by country basis?