Fingerprints can be hacked

Re:Fingerprints can be hacked by hasmanean on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:06PM (#29308705)

All evidence is ultimately forgeable. At some point a modern day Godel could prove that “justice” in a free society is mathematically impossible.

The law has to operate within a practical compromise and err heavily on the side of reducing false convictions.

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Re:Fingerprints can be hacked by MomoXenosaga on Monday November 22, 2021 @08:20PM (#29313578)

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210312/19343046414/man-s...

That is an article I was reading today. I don't know what is wrong with America.

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Re:Fingerprints can be hacked by omgwtfbyobbq on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:18PM (#29309757)

Or err heavily on reducing the release of the guilty, depending on the region.

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Re:Fingerprints can be hacked by alsetmusic on Monday November 22, 2021 @06:07PM (#29312692)

> Or err heavily on reducing the release of the guilty, depending on the region.

This is antithetical to the concept of serving one’s time. Guilty people deserve to go free once their debt to society has been fulfilled.

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Re:Fingerprints can be hacked by omgwtfbyobbq on Monday November 22, 2021 @06:38PM (#29312911)

I'm referring to what people select for with law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio

Does a law system let some guilty people got free to avoid incarcerating the innocent, or does it incarcerate the innocent to avoid letting some guilty people go free?

My opinion is to lean towards letting the guilty go to avoid incarcerating the innocent, but other people in other places can lean the other direction.

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