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Clarification: X% of them definitely did not meet the standards of reasonable doubt. Burr Send a noteboard - 05/03/2010 09:44:09 PM
I'm not asking about the credibility of jury verdicts. Assume the prisoners weren't even given trials; the paperwork was forged; whatever. The hypothetical situation is one where we know (absolutely, without a doubt) that X% of prisoners were innocent. So, for instance, if we knew that 1,000,000 out of every 1,000,001 prisoners were definitely innocent, would you still think retrial were the best option? If so, then I reckon your answer is still 100%. If not, then what is your answer?
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A level-of-comfort question regarding imprisonment of mixed innocent and guilty groups. Burr - 05/03/2010 02:39:53 AM 328 Views
as things stands, I don't think we'd ever reach a level where that'd be necessary oO LadyLorraine - 05/03/2010 03:24:07 AM 208 Views
100% Isaac - 05/03/2010 03:47:31 AM 214 Views
Law of averages says there are certainly many innocent people in prison. Joel - 05/03/2010 04:09:41 AM 200 Views
Doesn't matter Isaac - 05/03/2010 04:22:19 AM 189 Views
It does, in so far as it makes appeals a necessary option. Joel - 05/03/2010 04:35:13 AM 192 Views
Did I say they weren't? Isaac - 05/03/2010 05:52:18 AM 219 Views
Nope. Joel - 15/03/2010 06:14:33 AM 170 Views
You know Scalia said something like that last year Roland00 - 05/03/2010 04:37:00 PM 197 Views
'Something'? Quotes are nice Isaac - 05/03/2010 05:07:00 PM 182 Views
Clarification: X% of them definitely did not meet the standards of reasonable doubt. Burr - 05/03/2010 09:44:09 PM 174 Views
It's a pointless question Isaac - 06/03/2010 06:36:08 AM 173 Views
A relevant question; it seems to hinge on where one draws the line. Joel - 05/03/2010 04:19:34 AM 177 Views
I never really liked silly questions like this SilverWarder - 05/03/2010 02:23:36 PM 206 Views
If there were 2,000,000 innocent and only 1 guilty, retrying everyone would not be practical. Burr - 05/03/2010 09:22:16 PM 179 Views
That's silly though SilverWarder - 05/03/2010 09:39:53 PM 186 Views
Re: That's silly though Burr - 05/03/2010 11:11:50 PM 193 Views
Re: That's silly though SilverWarder - 06/03/2010 12:11:06 AM 177 Views
Re: That's silly though Burr - 06/03/2010 04:30:20 AM 170 Views
The answer is not "I don't know" it's SilverWarder - 07/03/2010 08:50:50 AM 169 Views
what does the chance of reoffending have to do with guilt? random thoughts - 05/03/2010 10:02:21 PM 166 Views
Debt can be paid off, leaving the question of rehabilitation. *NM* Burr - 05/03/2010 10:32:38 PM 67 Views
I still don't see the realtionship to guilt random thoughts - 05/03/2010 10:59:28 PM 159 Views
Re: I still don't see the realtionship to guilt Burr - 05/03/2010 11:31:51 PM 173 Views
there is a reason they call it the justice system and not the rehabilation system random thoughts - 05/03/2010 11:33:55 PM 190 Views
It's called all kinds of things SilverWarder - 06/03/2010 12:02:00 AM 187 Views
Re: It's called all kinds of things random thoughts - 06/03/2010 05:44:32 AM 176 Views
Well, we aren't going to agree at all (and I DID say it was opinion) SilverWarder - 07/03/2010 09:00:37 AM 151 Views
there is no perfect system random thoughts - 05/03/2010 04:58:16 PM 183 Views
Reason Article inside Roland00 - 05/03/2010 10:34:40 PM 214 Views
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