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How many innocent people is it okay to put into prison? You cannot give years back to an innocent prisoner any more than you can give life back to an innocent
by eadmund 2y ago
How many innocent people is it okay to put into prison?
You cannot give years back to an innocent prisoner any more than you can give life back to an innocent executee.
There is a cost to any action, including inaction. There is a cost to not executing justice (which is what capital punishment is, in the case of the guilty: justice); there is a cost in doing injustice.
- int_19h 2y agoAn innocent prisoner years later can at least be compensated monetarily and try to get a life. Sure, it's not perfect, but at least it's something. A corpse is pretty final, though, and there's no recourse.