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Here's hoping that everyone who was convicted via this method gets their sentences overturned, because that's about the only way this will stop.
by ojbyrne 13y ago
Here's hoping that everyone who was convicted via this method gets their sentences overturned, because that's about the only way this will stop.
- sophacles 13y agoI think it is less nefarious than that - it feels more like the problems that arise from fixing bugs in code. We've all encountered this - you fix one bug and it breaks 3 other things, because of unexpected/unintended consequences. Something else was relying on the broken code to work right. Systems thinking is just plain hard... So how do we do unit tests for laws?
- chiph 13y agoLawyers are like that guy in that complexity favors them and gives them job security. Simplicity and clarity is not a virtue in law.
- mcguire 13y agoThat would be difficult: how are you going to make the case that your conviction is due to this method?
- ajarmst 13y agoUnlikely. "Your honor, I should get a new trial because, in addition to the evidence that was apparently quite sufficient to convict me, it turns out they also had an illegal wiretap recording of me arranging the buy."