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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Do you think that there is much question as to who did the killing on the bus?
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Well, one might say that it is "beyond a reasonable doubt" that we have the killer; however, the point is that apparently "beyond a reasonable doubt" sometimes STILL gets it wrong, else there wouldn't be any wrongful convictions.
So should there be a "we're completely sure this time - really!" or maybe "it's absolutely impossible that this guy didn't do it, unless we're all crazy" standard of evidence for capital punishment?
Or, I have an even better idea - if it's ever proved that someone was wrongfully convicted and then killed, we should get to try the original judge, jury and prosecutor for murder, as theoretically they conspired in killing an innocent person. That would be "justice" - sure it sucks to be the people getting the juice for a mistake, but if we're going with a life for a life, then the principle has to applied across the board!
As long as you have fallible humans in charge of justice, I'm a big proponent of the "rather 10 criminals free than 1 innocent man in prison" theory. To start leaning the other way is to tempt tyranny.