Punishing the Guilty, Not Punishing the Innocent
Abstract Discussion in this paper focuses on how strongly we should prefer non-punishment of persons guilty of serious crimes to punishment of persons innocent of them. William Blackstone's version of that preference, expressed as a ten to one ratio, is first shown to be untenable on standard a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2010
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Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2010, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 462-488 |
| Further subjects: | B
CRIMINAL TRIALS
B REASONABLE DOUBT B PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE B DETERRENCE B Retribution B INCAPACITATION |
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