[266] in libertarians
Re: Death Penalty
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin THEOBALD)
Tue Sep 27 11:32:07 1994
From: theobald@duke.cs.mcgill.ca (Kevin THEOBALD)
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 11:30:17 -0400
In-Reply-To: "Paul D. Eccles"'s message [Re: Death Penalty] as of Sep 27, 7:44
To: "Paul D. Eccles" <pde@sd.inri.com>, libertarians@MIT.EDU
| As long as we have the adversarial system there will be people who go free
| who shouldn't and people who are convicted and should be free. This system
| of justice is not about finding the truth and putting the wrongdoers in jail.
| It's about the prosecuter vs the defense and who wins. In the end society loses
| by having some wrongdoers on the street and innocent people in jail.
I believe the system *is* about finding the truth. However, it is
administered by people who don't always have an interest in the truth.
But is there an alternative system, or is it inherent in the system?
I believe any system will inevitably lead to some wrong results, because
it must rely on non-omniscient sources of information.
- Kevin
