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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
How many cases of someone being punished when not warranted is acceptable? Because I suspect that for a lot of people, that number is zero.
The legal system should operate under the method of "in a court of law it was shown beyond a reasonable doubt you have committed the offense, here is your punishment", not "here on the side of the road, I suspect you have committed an offense, here is a punishment that is potentially life altering, feel free to challenge it while you are being punished".
If the police want this power, they should bear the responsibility of making 100% whole any person they sentence under their new powers and is later found to be innocent.
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Yeah, I think this would be the biggest thing for me being okay with it, is if there was absolutely no incentives for police to fill some kind of quota or anything. On the other hand, how tied up is the court system by DUI charges? Is it really that significant that this needs to be implemented?