Former University of Iowa Hospital employee used fake identity for 35 years

Re:Former University of Iowa Hospital employee used fake ide... by K0balt on Friday April 05, 2024 @06:05AM (#39940642)

Mmmmmmmmm idk. I’m with you on some liability for the conviction of innocent people, but that liability should also extend to juries.

As far as being penalised for not predicting the future actions of an individual person, not so much. That would effectively mean that every person would be sentenced and required to serve the maximum penalty for any violation, even though those maximums were intended to be doled out to only the most egregious offenders.

Perhaps much more granular and specific sentencing guidelines with objective qualifiers so that sentencing was more predictable?

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Re:Former University of Iowa Hospital employee used fake ide... by lo_zamoyski on Friday April 05, 2024 @09:18AM (#39941993)

> I’m with you on some liability for the conviction of innocent people, but that liability should also extend to juries.

You have to be careful here. Doing so can create perverse incentives that undermine justice. If a judge or a jury face such penalties, they will be inclined to reduce the penalty or feel compelled to find the defendant not guilty as a fearful precaution, even in cut and dry cases. And would you punish innocent jurors where unanimity is not required?

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