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> It's all a matter of perspective. If you come to arrest me for a crime I know I didn't commit, then no, the arrest is not "legal" per my definition of "legal"
by darkarmani 13y ago
> It's all a matter of perspective. If you come to arrest me for a crime I know I didn't commit, then no, the arrest is not "legal" per my definition of "legal".
How does that work? The police can only arrest people after they are convicted? They have to arrest them first and then charge them.
- mindcrime 13y agoHow does that work? The police can only arrest people after they are convicted? They have to arrest them first and then charge them. Yeah, that's the rub, innit? I don't see any way to avoid a certain measure of injustice in this system. But it does argue that if the police arrest somebody, they better be pretty damn sure they are actually guilty of a crime. IOW, if we're going to accept this system of police, laws, arrests, courts, juries, etc., I think the bar for arresting someone needs to be pretty high. But, I adhere to the basic premise that it's better for a guilty man to go free, than for an innocent man to be imprisoned.