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Re:'It Was the First Time I Cried in the Operating Room' by bdhess on Saturday January 27, 2018 @11:28AM (#16246779)
No, because it's a decided question. As a society, we've already chosen that we'd rather see a perpetrator walk free than imprisoned without proper evidence.

We shouldn't have to revisit that decision on the merits just because some police officer who disagrees with it unilaterally breached the social contract. We should just punish him. Severely.

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Re:'It Was the First Time I Cried in the Operating Room' by DoofusOfDeath on Saturday January 27, 2018 @04:47PM (#16248256)
> No, because it's a decided question.

It sounds like you're suggesting that ethical reasoning done by previous generations is somehow binding on future debates, almost like some form of case law.

> As a society, we've already chosen that we'd rather see a perpetrator walk free than imprisoned without proper evidence.

I wonder if you're failing to make a distinction between what people will say in public vs. their private thoughts on the matter.

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