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kelly1mm

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16. True, the only way to make absolutely sure that no innocent person was wrongfully convited

Reply to gollygee (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:46 PM

Dec 2013

would be to never convict anyone of anything. Our system of justice (I would argue by design) knows that, in practice, many factually guilty persons will be found not guilty due to the state not meeting the very high standard of beyond a reasonable doubt (in criminal actions). The reason for that design is to try and make sure factually innocent persons are not found guilty. Do you agree with this premise? If so, do you think that is a good thing? Doesn't that, in effect, say that we as a society think your 'problem 1' is a bigger problem than 'problem 2'?

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She put a man behind bars for ten yers seveneyes Dec 2013 #2

The man she falsely accused spent 10 years in prison.. Upton Dec 2013 #3

He got 10 years for doing nothing wrong. She deserves life without for causing this. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #6

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You don't need to be a radical feminist to figure that out BainsBane Dec 2013 #5

You obviously don't know anything! etherealtruth Dec 2013 #8

Ah ha! One story about a false rape accusation! NuclearDem Dec 2013 #7

People get falsely accused of every kind of crime occasionally gollygee Dec 2013 #9

I think the adage that we would rather see 100 guilty persons be set free than have 1 innocent kelly1mm Dec 2013 #10

we would rather see 100 girls raped so we do not see one innocent man go to jail? is this what you seabeyond Dec 2013 #11

because damn if i am not thinking you have sentenced 100 INNOCENT girls for the one innocent man. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #13

I want to see justice in every case gollygee Dec 2013 #12

True, the only way to make absolutely sure that no innocent person was wrongfully convited kelly1mm Dec 2013 #16

the problem is, police do not do their job and dismiss. adults around the alleged rapist helps to seabeyond Dec 2013 #17

For every innocent convicted of committed crimes, a guilty person is walking free. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #18

How does that contradict anything I've said? gollygee Dec 2013 #19

I think it's an under-examined angle on the topic. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #20

No worries, it's more like 10,000 or 100,000 to 1. BainsBane Dec 2013 #14

That's about one of the worst things you can do to someone, Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #15