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Re:What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by rea... by occamrazor on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @05:43PM (#15352605)
If free will does not exist, then also the prosecutors, judges and jury are not free, and there is no point deciding what they _should_ do. Hence it is safe to choose policies based on the assumption that free will exists.
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