would you
A) convict an innocent person or
B) let a guilty person go
2007-01-23 15:54:43 · 13 answers · asked by jonluke s 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I would never want to convict an innocent person, but if I HAD to choose, it would totally depend on how guilty the guilty person is. If letting the guilty person go would lead to that person hurting, damaging, or killing other people - that will hurt a lot more people in the long run. I hate the thought of bad people walking the streets, and there is just too many as it is.
2007-01-23 17:07:50 · answer #1 · answered by trailangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While you wouldn't really choose to do either of those, the judicial system in the U.S. has decided that the "lesser of the evils" is to let a "guilty" person go. That's why the burden of proof is on the prosecution -they need to show ("beyond a reasonable doubt" in a criminal case, or "by a preponderance of the evidence" in a civil case) that a person is guilty & if they don't the person is proclaimed "not guilty". This is the basic tenet known as "innocent until proven guilty".
2007-01-24 00:08:54 · answer #2 · answered by Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B) Let the guilty person go because you can always catch them next time when they make a mistake or slip up. I wouldn't want to convict an innocent person because no one should wasted their life behind bars for something they didn't do. Besides, it would always be on your conscience.
2007-01-24 01:13:26 · answer #3 · answered by ♥♥Bree♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough one, but I would let the guilty person go before I put an innocent person in prison. If the guilty one is like most criminals, he'll be back in jail before long!
2007-01-24 00:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would do none, because it would hurt the innocent person and if I let a guilty person go, it's not right.
2007-01-24 00:00:13 · answer #5 · answered by . 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let a guilty person go. Why would you make an innocent person suffer?
2007-01-23 23:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by Tammers 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
B. Let a guilty person go. Good question.
2007-01-24 00:02:35 · answer #7 · answered by Chicago Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope that I am never put in that situation.But,if I was,I would rather let a guilty person go than convict an innocent one.
2007-01-24 00:01:20 · answer #8 · answered by IAM2INSANE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let a guilty person go
2007-01-23 23:59:40 · answer #9 · answered by Faith 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is really tough... it depends on the crime and the probability of the guilty person committing that crime again.
For example, I would prefer to imprison one innocent person than to let go somebody who has murdered and raped many people and who will continue to do so.
I guess that is the pragmatist in me.
2007-01-24 00:05:09 · answer #10 · answered by cantik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋