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That's the implicit assumption because a regular "man raped in jail" headline has never made it to the top of HN. People are only concerned here because (1) he
by paxys 3y ago
That's the implicit assumption because a regular "man raped in jail" headline has never made it to the top of HN. People are only concerned here because (1) he was innocent and (2) AI was involved, otherwise the usual reaction from the public at large is "good riddance".
If society as a whole is okay with prison rape then it is also occasionally going to happen to innocent people, and we have to be okay with that as well.
- kenjackson 3y agoBecause this is hacker news and not prison news.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoIt’s a greater injustice that he is innocent, yes. That doesn't imply the inverse, a guilty person being raped, is justified. In the same way anyone being raped doesn’t justify another being petty burgled; one is just worse than the other.
- CogitoCogito 3y agoWasn't everyone he was with in pretrial detention? Hence none of them were guilty? That said I think any jail or prison officials are failing just as badly if their inmates are raped regardless of their convictions.
- xigoi 3y agoHow would the article be relevant to Hacker News if AI wasn’t involved?