• hauiOPA
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    8 months ago

    Something about the police strikes me as odd. If a judge can stay uncorrupted by power, why cant police? Assuming that this is the reason for their actions.

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      8 months ago

      The problem isn’t straight-out corruption.

      It’s wonky incentivation.

      Judges that are not measured by how many people they send to jail will always be, on average, less trigger-happy than cops who are.

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        8 months ago

        I can see how this would make it worse on average.

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      8 months ago

      Unfortunately judges can be corrupted too. They can accept bribes to rule favorably and their clerks can charge unsolicited fees to lose files or giving access to judicial decisions before they’re scheduled to release.

      Absolute power currupts absolutely.

    • Globeparasite@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      a judge can stay uncorrupted by power

      funniest joke of all time in my countries they released terrorist to satisfy radical political parties