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This is a slight exaggeration but.... I've always secretly wanted the death penalty (insert other serve punishment) for cases like these. This type of corrupt
by B4CKlash 11y ago
This is a slight exaggeration but....
I've always secretly wanted the death penalty (insert other serve punishment) for cases like these. This type of corruption & abuse of power systematically reduces our overall faith in the government and should be treated as a high crime (i.e. Treason). We commonly use deterrence as a means to justify strict punishments when convicting drug crimes, but politicians\law enforcement\etc seem to avoid these dragnets. Why can't we hold them to a higher standard? I mean... there's something 'bone chillingly' wrong about an oath-taking public servant poisoning the well.
/rant
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoAgree with the sentiment but I think the death penalty is increasingly problematic when it concerns government corruption (like have your political opponents executed problematic). >Why can't we hold them to a higher standard? Because we trust them to police themselves, their peers.
- CodeCube 11y agothe age old question of, who watches the watchers
- tedunangst 11y agoIt would be interesting to compile an analysis of exactly such sentences. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that judges do hand down harsher sentences precisely because law enforcement officers should know better. I think there are many impediments to prosecuting corruption, but once it gets to sentencing, my gut instinct is that it's not easy on the guilty.
- prawn 11y agoAnd for significant corporate crimes too. Often government employees don't get paid like corporate executives so I think it'd be unfair if they alone were held to a higher standard.