BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Very mixed on this one.
Is any system flawless.
We have aggressive LEO/Prosecutors that will run with a "Bird in hand" right or wrong. Not all of course but they are out there. This will not change so mistakes will be made.
With new technology and DNA the mistakes will be fewer.
With no real punishment for repeat violent offenders what would we do. What should we do.
An aggressive prosecutor still has to convince a judge or jury.
For those who want a 100% system, it ain't out there. It's "beyond a reasonable doubt" and that's where the bar has been for as long as any of us have been breathing.
You want to talk about the innocents who get caught up in the system? That's fair and should absolutely be part of the discussion. That's not the whole story, though. It's real easy to judge in a vacuum and never consider what happens if the other side of the coin shows. In the real world, people get out and create new victims. If you want to pull on heart strings about you or your loved ones, play that one too. Who gets to be this guys next victim when he gets out? When the parole board figures he's a good bet to unleash on society again? When a computer glitch lets him out? Let's say he stays in prison. You think people aren't victimized in prisons? Guards aren't assaulted and sometimes killed? Other prisoners aren't assaulted and sometimes killed? So what do you do? Solitary for decades without hope of release or human interaction? That's more humane than death?
If it was easy, we'd have already figured it out, but don't pretend you aren't creating a hazard to innocents by not using the death penalty.