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Not a strong enough prohibition. They need to be exposed to criminal liability for their crimes, same as a citizen. When they wield immense state power, they sh
by spacemanmatt 12y ago
Not a strong enough prohibition. They need to be exposed to criminal liability for their crimes, same as a citizen. When they wield immense state power, they should be extremely constrained in its use. Violations of law while wielding the state's power should be taken much more seriously than they are.
- Zigurd 12y agoCompletely agreed. But that's a whole other dimension of the problem. And it doesn't address liability and who pays. A lot of what prosecutors, police, judges, and other parts of the criminal justice system do, especially in cases of wrongful prosecutions and convictions causes significant liabilities for municipalities and other levels of government. The taxpayer ends up paying, and the individual who incurred the liability gets off scot free. With bonding, the participants in the CJ system pay up front to be bonded, which encourages them to keep their bonding costs down. And that would encourage them to throw their dirty colleagues under the bus for criminal liability.
- spacemanmatt 12y agoI believe it is necessary to maintain the threat of a huge judgement against a local government for the crimes of its hired employees. There is no other effective form of accountability.