To: al_again
I think there is a fallacy in the belief:
"Better to free XX guilty than punish one innocent"
How far do we carry this logic? At some point we, as
private citizens, are at more risk from the freed guilty
than being executed for a crime we didn't commit.
64 posted on
12/03/2005 11:56:42 PM PST by
cliff630
(cliff630 (Didn't Pilate ask Christ, "What is the Truth." Even while looking in the face of TRUTH))
To: cliff630
[I think there is a fallacy in the belief:
"Better to free XX guilty than punish one innocent"]
Good point. And no one ever established why there is this open ended relationship. Why is it 4213 guilty to 1 innocent? Why isn't better to kill one innocent and one guilty, than to let 4000 killers out to kill again?
Why? I think because the "Better to free XX" argument is purely emotional, and can therefore find a larger audience.
65 posted on
12/04/2005 12:04:44 AM PST by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: cliff630
Who said anything about freeing the guilty?
69 posted on
12/04/2005 3:57:47 AM PST by
al_again
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