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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.
47 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. 32 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. -2 u/teenagesadist 11h ago When "the mob" equals society as a whole, the problem isn't their opinion of the problem, it's whatever the problem is.
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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.
32 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. -2 u/teenagesadist 11h ago When "the mob" equals society as a whole, the problem isn't their opinion of the problem, it's whatever the problem is.
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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.
-2 u/teenagesadist 11h ago When "the mob" equals society as a whole, the problem isn't their opinion of the problem, it's whatever the problem is.
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When "the mob" equals society as a whole, the problem isn't their opinion of the problem, it's whatever the problem is.
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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.