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Define torture if you are so inclined. Regardless, the plea bargain system has been repeatedly abused to compel false testimoney from people otherwise helpless
by Geisterde 3y ago
Define torture if you are so inclined. Regardless, the plea bargain system has been repeatedly abused to compel false testimoney from people otherwise helpless to defend themselves from a lengthy and costly legal proceeding that will leave them ruined. Its a violation of their human rights, its prohibited by the constitution, and empirically has ruined millions of people. Crimes that do not involve violence against another person or person or their property (which are logically synonymous) should not be crimes, that would lower the judicial load.
- lelanthran 3y agoI agree with everything you said, and still disagree that Golding suspects until an appearance in court is the same as waterboarding them or pulling their fingernails. Just because I pointed out that such a practice is not, in fact, any form of torture does not mean that the practice is not unduly burdensome and unfair.
- Geisterde 3y agoI appreciate that view, but thats not a qualitative analysis of torture. Im not sure that it could be appropriately defined in a way that distinguishes torture from other types of violence, so maybe the word is really only useful in creating an emotional effect.