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Absolutely enlightening how so many people, even those who consider themselves middle of the road or liberal or whatever, will care 100x more about one “bad” p
by bananapub 2y ago
Absolutely enlightening how so many people, even those who consider themselves middle of the road or liberal or whatever, will care 100x more about one “bad” person being freed than about any single person suffering under the horrific regime that is the US penal system.
- akoboldfrying 2y agoWould freeing every prisoner be alright by you? If not: Where is your personal threshold?
- BobbyJo 2y agoNot parent, but I'll take a swing 1) No 2) Benjamin Franklin had a good take.
- akoboldfrying 2y ago> 2) Benjamin Franklin had a good take. Sounds interesting -- what should I google?
- BobbyJo 2y agoYou can look up his take on the burden of proof. I think GP was referring to his famous quote on the subject.
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- skygazer 2y ago"That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape, than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long & generally approv’d, never that I know of controverted." – in a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Vaughan, 14 March 1785 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-43-02-0335 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-43-02-03...
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- hulitu 2y agoMaybe the system should be reformed. But who wants to reform a system which is: a) very profotable; b) with the funniest sentences in the world - "convicted to 200 years behind bars".
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoIn this particular case, we care about one bad person being freed because of a large number of people unjustly suffering under the US penal system.