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re: Which is worse: innocent man jailed or guilty man free?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:44 pm to Pecker
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:44 pm to Pecker
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hat’s why it’s the court’s job to prove guilt.
defenders always get a bad rap but damn, they have a hell of an important job to do. If the prosecution can't show beyond a reasonable doubt that the person on trial is guilty then the defendant did their job well.
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:45 pm to dbuchanon
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Innocent in jail = 1 life ruined
wife left raising kids on her own
the guy could own a business..lots of folks out of work if it crumbles
etc.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:47 pm to TheDeathValley
I agree. Truly a conundrum
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:49 pm to celltech1981
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wife left raising kids on her own
the guy could own a business..lots of folks out of work if it crumbles
etc.
Ok, guilty guy walks and kills 10 of those...
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:26 pm to TheDeathValley
Yes?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:45 pm to TheDeathValley
Innocent man in jail. You can't put a price on a man's life. If an innocent person gets 10 years for example and he is relatively young, he might be able to live out the rest of his life as a free man for many years, but they will never have a normal life. They will have a hard time finding a good job.. And he probably comes out a worse person than he was when he went in. That has to really take a lot out of a person.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:50 pm to hrryhll
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Depends on what the crime is.
Cuck.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:58 pm to hrryhll
An innocent man in jail ensures a guilty man is also free
Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:37 pm to dbuchanon
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Depends, whats the guilty guys crime? Are we talking bank fraud or serial killer/pedophile?
Innocent in jail = 1 life ruined
Serial killer walking free = Many will be
Lesser of 2 evils baws
The only way the question makes sense to to use equivalence when comparing.
Innocent man jailed for a string of serial killings means a serial killer goes free so your second scenario happens either way.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 10:39 pm to Pecker
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That’s why it’s the court’s job to prove guilt
That’s not a function of the court at all BTW.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 10:46 pm to TheDeathValley
Innocent man jailed is way worse but guilty man free is way more common
Posted on 5/28/18 at 10:49 pm to TheDeathValley
Innocent man jailed is worse and it's not even close.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 10:56 pm to TheDeathValley
An innocent man jailed is way worse. Most people who committed a crime will commit another one. It's just a matter of time, such as OJ.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:35 am to TheDeathValley
Not even close...innocent man jailed.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 4:33 am to TheDeathValley
Innocent jailed and it’s not even close.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:23 am to TheDeathValley
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Which is worse: innocent man jailed or guilty man free?
This isn't a shot at you, but the fact that this can even be open for discussion in America is kind of one of our biggest problems right now...our desire to relinquish our freedoms out of fear.
Maybe it's harder in the abstract...what if we personalize it. Would YOU consider being imprisoned for a crime you did not commit alright if it meant a guilty man would not go free? Or your son...or your father?
Why not randomly imprison men...you'll likely catch some guilty guys in the sweep that you didn't even know were guilty of anything and since the idea of catching innocent men is ok...is this also not for the good of society?
No...Franklin had it right and those men would be rolling over in their graves thinking about their posterity even considering this topic.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:34 am to TheDeathValley
Guilty man free. People who go to jail usually have long rap sheets so they did something bad
Posted on 5/29/18 at 8:35 am to Rize
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Innocent jailed.
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