Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA found on murder weapon

Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by nabla9 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:49AM (#27247045)

Because their 'performance' is to perform their part best they can.

In common law systems (US, UK for example) the trial proceedings is adversarial system. If someone should lose money because the innocent is convicted, it should be the defense lawyer. The trial is a game.

In civil law jurisdictions (like in Continental Europe) the trial is fact-finding public inquiry. The court is more actively involved in investigating the the case.

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Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by coldtea on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:56PM (#27248281)

>Because their 'performance' is to perform their part best they can.

Well, this "best" should be judged and rewarded or punished too.

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Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by nabla9 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:29PM (#27249996)

You are just making normative statements. That's not way to have intelligent discussion.

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Re:Four years after a man was executed, someone else’s DNA f... by coldtea on Sunday May 23, 2021 @01:37AM (#27252685)

Kinda, but I didn't ask for a discussion atm, I stated my opinion of what should be, and re-stated parts of it to make clear what that is.

In order to express a desire for a specific change, you need to have normative ideas. At least a conception of how things should be (or shouldn't). So it comes down to, do you agree that judges should not just handle out death sentences, for starters, without any negative consequence on them if they get them wrong?

But note that if my request was normative (it was), the response: "Because their 'performance' is to perform their part best they can" is even less than a normative statement: it's a tautology.

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