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... interesting author ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Landsburg#Popular_writings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Landsburg#Popular_writin... ) > Lan
by columbo 14y ago
... interesting author ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Landsburg#Popular_writings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Landsburg#Popular_writin... )
> Landsburg also addressed legal issues: in a Slate column from 2003, he proposed punishing jurors when a jury's decision is later "proven" to be wrong, such as when an acquitted defendant later admits to committing the crime. If a jury's judgement is later "proven" to be right, Landsburg suggested the jurors should be financially rewarded.[4]
> http://www.thebigquestions.com/2012/03/02/rush-to-judgment/ http://www.thebigquestions.com/2012/03/02/rush-to-judgment/
> To his far greater credit, he did so with a spot-on analogy: If I can reasonably be required to pay for someone else’s sex life (absent any argument about externalities or other market failures), then I can reasonably demand to share in the benefits.