This is the primary reason I'm opposed to the death penalty - the "system" is more interested in putting somebody - anybody - away for a crime, than it is serving justice. And people do make mistakes. Reading The Innocence Project changed my mind.
Also I agree with your point on "SWAT" programs - too much militarization makes for an end run around posse comitatus. Where the military is forbidden to participate in civilian law enforcement, we now have "civilian" law enforcement that looks too much like the military.
Well put!
This is the primary reason I'm opposed to the death penalty - the "system" is more interested in putting somebody - anybody - away for a crime, than it is serving justice. And people do make mistakes. Reading The Innocence Project changed my mind.
Also I agree with your point on "SWAT" programs - too much militarization makes for an end run around posse comitatus. Where the military is forbidden to participate in civilian law enforcement, we now have "civilian" law enforcement that looks too much like the military.
We are of a mind.
https://therootsofliberty.substack.com/p/the-power-to-kill