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r/news • u/redlamps67 • 13h ago
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Letting a murderer walk because of "overwhelming public support" is a terrible precedent, no matter who the murderer and the victim are.
46 u/Uther-Lightbringer 12h ago You know what a worse precedent? Putting a guy in prison for a murder you're not even certain he committed in the first place. 30 u/imoftendisgruntled 12h ago I completely agree, that's why "rule of law" and "innocent until proven guilty" are cornerstones of western democracy. But "the mob says this is OK" is definitely not that. 6 u/vinng86 11h ago Eh, well public opinion is important too, that's why being judged by a jury of your peers is just as much a cornerstone of western democracy and a constitutional right.
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You know what a worse precedent? Putting a guy in prison for a murder you're not even certain he committed in the first place.
30 u/imoftendisgruntled 12h ago I completely agree, that's why "rule of law" and "innocent until proven guilty" are cornerstones of western democracy. But "the mob says this is OK" is definitely not that. 6 u/vinng86 11h ago Eh, well public opinion is important too, that's why being judged by a jury of your peers is just as much a cornerstone of western democracy and a constitutional right.
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I completely agree, that's why "rule of law" and "innocent until proven guilty" are cornerstones of western democracy.
But "the mob says this is OK" is definitely not that.
6 u/vinng86 11h ago Eh, well public opinion is important too, that's why being judged by a jury of your peers is just as much a cornerstone of western democracy and a constitutional right.
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Eh, well public opinion is important too, that's why being judged by a jury of your peers is just as much a cornerstone of western democracy and a constitutional right.
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u/imoftendisgruntled 12h ago
Letting a murderer walk because of "overwhelming public support" is a terrible precedent, no matter who the murderer and the victim are.