prase comments on Crime and punishment - Less Wrong

39 Post author: PhilGoetz 24 March 2011 09:53PM

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Comment author: prase 25 March 2011 09:53:56AM 0 points [-]

Very good comment, upvoted. Only one objection:

However, the state system of justice throws that balance all out of whack, because the state is too powerful to be worried about the consequences of being either too aggressive or not aggressive enough.

State is made of individual people, and in modern developed states nobody is individually so powerful to be absolutely sure that he doesn't fall victim to either crime or malfunctioning justice system.