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Not everywhere is the US.
by Dah00n 3y ago
Not everywhere is the US.
- dcow 3y agoThis isn’t even true for the US. In the US we believe it’s better to let a criminal run free than deprive an innocent of their liberty.
- bell-cot 3y ago> In the US we believe... Sadly, that varies enormously with the social status and wealth of the accused.
- MacsHeadroom 3y ago"It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man." — Benjamin Franklin
- sandworm101 3y agoA quote I have never heard from anyone running to be a DA, judge, sheriff, magistrate, or any other participant beyond defense attorneys. Such sayings do not reflect reality.
- rossant 3y agoI've seen police officers say the exact opposite: "It's better to imprison 100 innocent people than risking letting 1 criminal go free and harm children". Sigh.
- kmkemp 3y agoThat seems to be the sentiment based on our founding origins or if you talk to an individual, but the fact is that we imprison more people per capita than anyone else. It's hard for me to believe that all of the criminals just live in the USA.
- nemo44x 3y agoAbout 70% of convicts in prison are there for violent offenses and should be there. The remaining 30% is mainly drug and property crimes. Now it’s important to understand what is meant when people reference incarceration numbers. A lot of these are people awaiting trial on charges they will be found guilty of but receive minimal sentences via plea bargaining. Another large portion are illegal immigrants that are awaiting processing for either integration or deportation. So if you erase those 2 groups it’s mainly violent people. There’s an abundance of violent people in the USA compared to Western Europe and certainly Asia I’d say.