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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by sethammons on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:53AM (#26065243)
If the error goes against innocent people, then it must be unacceptable. If the error sides with the “would-be” criminal, that is more acceptable as we, as a society, have decided that letting a few bad folks go is preferred to imprisoning innocents.
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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by 35fbe7d3d5b9 on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:35AM (#26065877)
> as we, as a society, have decided that letting a few bad folks go is preferred to imprisoning innocents.

We, as a society, like to say this because it makes us feel good.

But a critical analysis of our actions reveals that we don't believe it for a second. We are happy to write overbroad laws that allow most behaviors to be criminalized, over police marginalized communities, and place those who have been convicted by this flawed system in deeply dysfunctional prisons that may well violate their human rights.

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