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Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by coldtea on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:13AM (#27246709)
You could punishes judges even for harsh senteces (of people later exonerated), doesn't have to be just about the death penalty.

And to make it more balanced, you could also punish them for exonerating someone later found guilty (with the available evicence at the first trial re-examined).

Just rough ideas, which might not work at all, but still, as it is judges have no skin in the game (not even their reputation, sometimes it's even the inverse: some judges purposefully give harsh senteces, e.g. to blacks to score political points they'll later exploit).

Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by frosted-flakes on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:10PM (#27247873)
No one would ever want to be a judge then. And your second paragraph is very much in conflict with the tenet that everyone is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by coldtea on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:59PM (#27248308)
>No one would ever want to be a judge then.

I doubt that. People can be punished if they fail badly, or even die if they make a mistake in all kinds of jobs, and they still do them.

>And your second paragraph is very much in conflict with the tenet that everyone is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Well, if there really wasn't a "reasonable doubt" (as deemed on a second look) and the first judge decided it was, then it's on them...