Poll: Which is worse?

[DMC]

We are all guilty of something. It sucks to be punished for something else however.

[MannyIsGod]

So a 90% justice system error is better than a 10% justice system error?

Those errors aren't equal. Thats like saying getting slapped on the wrist 10x is worse than getting shot in the head once.

[coyotes_geek]

So a 90% justice system error is better than a 10% justice system error?

Only to those who believe that no one should be unfairly deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.........

[CubanSucks]

so if there are 11 convicted murderers in prison and you know for a fact that ten are 100% guilty and one is 100% innocent, it would be worth it to let them all go? I don't think so. Abandon your ideology for a second and think practically here

[redzero]

"better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer"

- William Blackstone

If those ten guilty persons go on to harm multiple innocent people, I would say that one innocent suffering instead is a fair trade off.

[4>0rings]

Only to those who believe that no one should be unfairly deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.........

For the 1 that was innocent or the 10 that were guilty?

[4>0rings]

Those errors aren't equal. Thats like saying getting slapped on the wrist 10x is worse than getting shot in the head once.

Those errors are equal in that quote since the crime is ambiguous.

[baseline bum]

That Blackstone quote is basically the foundation for our legal system. CROFL at the trolls here who'd rather our system went back to that of the Salem witch trials.

[Agloco]

So a 90% justice system error is better than a 10% justice system error?

That's an interesting method of quantification you have there.

If those ten guilty persons go on to harm multiple innocent people, I would say that one innocent suffering instead is a fair trade off.

Fortunately none of us are waiting for the minority report.

[CubanSucks]

That Blackstone quote is basically the foundation for our legal system. CROFL at the trolls here who'd rather our system went back to that of the Salem witch trials.

You got it! That's exactly what we're saying!

[DarrinS]

It is worse to convict an innocent person, that's why you are innocent until proven guilty. And that's why there are far more guilty that get acquitted than innocent people wrongly convicted.

[Spursfan092120]

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[Spurtacus]

I've PMed Kori multiple times to turn polls on. No luck.

[Spurminator]

I'll put it this way, I'd rather find 100 Casey Anthonys innocent than put one innocent person in prison for a year.

That may be more extreme than most but the consensus seems to be that we'd rather let a guilty person walk than imprison an innocent man.

Yet look where we spend our time and media resources directing our outrage. Doesn't it always seem to be when someone widely believed guilty is let off the hook? That's when we question our justice system.

[Prime1]

That Blackstone quote is basically the foundation for our legal system. CROFL at the trolls here who'd rather our system went back to that of the Salem witch trials.

Yup.

[Booharv]

I've PMed Kori multiple times to turn polls on. No luck.

You can thank that worthless Ari Gold troll for det. He spammed polls for days and instead of banning him, Kori banned polls.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=21583

Seriously thank him on his user page.

[ShoogarBear]

Anyway, what I was going to ask is which of the following is worse?

- A murderer gets away with the crime
- An innocent person is convicted of murder

The entire US legal system is based on the premise that the second is worse.