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The justice system relies on the concept of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. That standard doesn’t mean “proved to be impossible to be innocent.” In a system tha
by dangus 2y ago
The justice system relies on the concept of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. That standard doesn’t mean “proved to be impossible to be innocent.”
In a system that is in a population of millions of people, there are bound to be edge cases where there’s a lot of damning evidence and people look guilty who just aren’t.
It’s one of the many arguments against capital punishment. It can’t be undone.
- shiroiushi 2y ago>It’s one of the many arguments against capital punishment. It can’t be undone. Neither can time spent behind bars.
- mulmen 2y agoThe time served can’t be undone but the incarceration can.
- sdenton4 2y agoAnd there's little details like $320k settlements for wrongful imprisonment to help transition back out of prison... Harder when you're dead.
- hnlmorg 2y agoI’ve seen interviews with people how have been wrongfully imprisoned for extended periods and they’re changed in irreversible ways. Some of them are unlikely to ever integrate back into normal society.
- hkt 2y ago> Some of them are unlikely to ever integrate back into normal society. This is an indictment of the system itself. If it damages innocent people who are wrongfully jailed so badly, how can anyone ever hope it'll turn actual criminals into citizens?
- hnlmorg 2y agoThat’s also true. Though I’d see it as a separate, albeit related and just as crucial, point.
- watwut 2y ago> The justice system relies on the concept of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Does it, in reality? With trials and layers being life destructibly expensive?