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Re:Who Is Marcellus Williams: Execution in Missouri Despite ... by Hasu on Thursday September 26, 2024 @10:56AM (#41659134)
> In my perspective, it is exactly the same thing when you disagree with the electorate.

In a democracy, you can argue with and convince your fellow citizens to change the law and how it is enforced. If a majority doesn't agree, you won't get your way. This is not a good system, but it is better than any other system.

If there were some other alternative that guaranteed that everyone always gets a completely unbiased prosecutor - great, I'm all for it! That system doesn't exist, though.

Re:Who Is Marcellus Williams: Execution in Missouri Despite ... by seadan83 on Thursday September 26, 2024 @11:30AM (#41659543)
Would you answer:

> If every time you voted for a prosecutor, and every time your vote was in a minority, would you still feel you had a say in the bias of the prosecutor?

You said previously at least by voting you had a say in the bias. Is your answer to the above a genuine "yes" because you feel there was opportunity to lobby other citizens?

I don't agree that there is necessarily even that possibility. Thus my position is that elected or appointed by an elected official are equally broken.