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So having a low crime rate is more important than keeping innocent people out of jail?

• tartuffe78 2y ago
  I would bet it depends on the rate of each happening to the average voter.
• ananamouse 2y ago
  According to the voting population of El Salvador, yes. If society has philosophically nice and clean set of rules that allow brutal gangs to terrorize the citizenry, just how worthwhile are those rules? Maybe the system needs a reboot before they can be worthwhile again.
• poincaredisk 2y ago
  I assume in this context "low crime" doesn't refer to shoplifting, but to gang violence, murders, kidnappings, and shootings. If you fear about your life daily, you will probably be more willing to accept extreme measures than someone living in a relative comfort and safety.
• thephyber 2y ago
  I didn’t say that, and I even clipped the relevant Wiki article which described the trade-off of law/liberty.