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I would think that as part of enforcing laws, truth seems like it would be relatively important. The idea of incorrectly convicting someone for a serious crime
by jonhohle 5y ago
I would think that as part of enforcing laws, truth seems like it would be relatively important.
The idea of incorrectly convicting someone for a serious crime not only is an injustice to the innocent, it leaves the community in an unsafe and unwitting position regarding an actual perpetrator. In those cases it would be better to have no law enforcement involvement at all.
- thaeli 5y agoThe aftermath of many crimes, in America at least, would have been better with no law enforcement involvement at all. It's really that bad here.
- michaelmrose 5y agoAnyone who is acting to infringe upon real justice is most apt to either be a sociopath who only cares about keeping score or a lot more likely a moral person but not ethical person who regards their job as getting criminals. If they truly believe you are guilty then convicting a larger portion of guilty people even via impure means is a net good for society and incidentally for their career.