as things stands, I don't think we'd ever reach a level where that'd be necessary oO
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 05/03/2010 03:24:07 AM
I'd HOPE not.
Personally, I think I could say that it would depend on the composition of the prison population. if I was turning loose 10 innocents convicted of murder, but also 5 murderers, I'd have a lot more trouble making that call than if it was turning loose 3 innocents and 10 pot-smokers
I don't know enough about the "average" prison population to really make a concrete decision in this regard, though. My best guess is considering everyone guilty has convicted crimes on "moderate" levels (like theft or dealing marijuana), I'd say around 70-80% would need to be innocent. But that's really just kinda pulled out of my ass. It would need to take more than a slight majority.
EDIT: that is assuming the innocents are accused of crimes on par with the actual criminals. If most were accused of murder and sitting on death row/life in prison and the actual criminals were petty theft and more mild assault charges, that number would shift downward.
In other words, I think that question has too many complications to give a simple answer
Personally, I think I could say that it would depend on the composition of the prison population. if I was turning loose 10 innocents convicted of murder, but also 5 murderers, I'd have a lot more trouble making that call than if it was turning loose 3 innocents and 10 pot-smokers
I don't know enough about the "average" prison population to really make a concrete decision in this regard, though. My best guess is considering everyone guilty has convicted crimes on "moderate" levels (like theft or dealing marijuana), I'd say around 70-80% would need to be innocent. But that's really just kinda pulled out of my ass. It would need to take more than a slight majority.EDIT: that is assuming the innocents are accused of crimes on par with the actual criminals. If most were accused of murder and sitting on death row/life in prison and the actual criminals were petty theft and more mild assault charges, that number would shift downward.
In other words, I think that question has too many complications to give a simple answer
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This message last edited by LadyLorraine on 05/03/2010 at 03:25:34 AM
A level-of-comfort question regarding imprisonment of mixed innocent and guilty groups.
- 05/03/2010 02:39:53 AM
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as things stands, I don't think we'd ever reach a level where that'd be necessary oO
- 05/03/2010 03:24:07 AM
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100%
- 05/03/2010 03:47:31 AM
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Law of averages says there are certainly many innocent people in prison.
- 05/03/2010 04:09:41 AM
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Doesn't matter
- 05/03/2010 04:22:19 AM
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Clarification: X% of them definitely did not meet the standards of reasonable doubt.
- 05/03/2010 09:44:09 PM
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A relevant question; it seems to hinge on where one draws the line.
- 05/03/2010 04:19:34 AM
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I never really liked silly questions like this
- 05/03/2010 02:23:36 PM
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If there were 2,000,000 innocent and only 1 guilty, retrying everyone would not be practical.
- 05/03/2010 09:22:16 PM
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That's silly though
- 05/03/2010 09:39:53 PM
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Re: That's silly though
- 05/03/2010 11:11:50 PM
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Re: That's silly though
- 06/03/2010 12:11:06 AM
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what does the chance of reoffending have to do with guilt?
- 05/03/2010 10:02:21 PM
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Debt can be paid off, leaving the question of rehabilitation. *NM*
- 05/03/2010 10:32:38 PM
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I still don't see the realtionship to guilt
- 05/03/2010 10:59:28 PM
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Re: I still don't see the realtionship to guilt
- 05/03/2010 11:31:51 PM
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there is a reason they call it the justice system and not the rehabilation system
- 05/03/2010 11:33:55 PM
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It's called all kinds of things
- 06/03/2010 12:02:00 AM
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Re: It's called all kinds of things
- 06/03/2010 05:44:32 AM
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Well, we aren't going to agree at all (and I DID say it was opinion)
- 07/03/2010 09:00:37 AM
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