Re: Norway's 21-Year Maximum Penalty Sparks Outcry After Terror Attacks That Killed 7
Then the only other alternative is that you didn't understand what I said. So i'll rephrase it and try again.
Monetary compensation can be paid by the state to protect its employees directly to the person wrongly held
Only if the person is alive. If not the the compensation would go to family. What do you think happens if an innocent dies while in prison without the DP?
A dead person can not be compensated
But his/her family can.
and as he was murdered by the state and entirely different level of punishement is called for then just being wrongly held. Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. A death for a death. Meaning those involved in wrongly ending a persons life should have thier life ended as well. Proper compensation, and a deterent to killing people unless absolutely certain they are guiltly
This is not the bibilical ages. We no longer have an "eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a death for a death". If we did then EVERYONE that killed someone else...be it an accident or not would also be put to death.
Now for the rephrasing. What do you think would happen if we made those responsible for putting someone on the DP list responsible if they are later found innocent after having already been put to death? A few things...
1: Such a thing would have to be applied equally across the board. This includes cases that involve theft, vandalism, arson and every other single thing that is on the law books. And don't try to say that it wouldn't because that is exactly what our system is based upon. Equality in the eyes of the law.
2: The jury is not going to want to convict despite any evidence. Normal people would not want to risk going to prison or being fined as some sort of restitution towards someone that was later found to be innocent. People instinctively protect thier own hides. That is just nature.
3: No one will want to be on a jury panel. For the same reasons that I gave in my number 2 point.
2: No one will want to be the arresting cop. For the same reasons that I gave in my number 2 point.
4: No one will want to be a judge that presides over someone that might later be found innocent. For the same reasons that I gave in my number 2 point.
5: No one will want to be a prosecutor. For the same reasons that I gave in my number 2 point.
So basically because of your "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" mentality you have just seriously gimped...if not destroyed our entire justice system and let thousands of criminals back out onto the street single handedly. Our system is gimped enough due to humans not being perfect creatures and always making mistakes. We certainly don't need something that will hinder an actual criminal being convicted and sentenced to such a point as to make our justice system totally worthless.
