> If there's absolute proof, I say Terminate.

The problem with terms like 'absolute' is that they can be misleading.
If you mean absolute in the mathematical sense: there is no such thing
in the real world, much less in the courtroom. Hence requiring
matehmatical absolute proof would yield zero convictions. Instead we
make do with an acceptable rate of false convictions, and we rely on
later corrections to reduce this error rate. But a later correction
(which can come very late, check for instance birmingham four) can be
too late when the final penalty has been applied... You are of course
free to think this is an acceptable consequence of a cheaper penal
system, others are free to disagree.

Wouter van Ooijen

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