alt Hacker NewsWe seem to be incapable of creating a perfect predictor - there will always be false positives. How do you square the moral implications of killing people by chance?
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antonymoose • yesterday at 6:03 PM
I’ve long seen this class of conversation on HN and my answer is always the same: introduce a higher burden of proof, maybe even “no doubt,” for capital punishment.
Imagine a scenario where the Pulse nightclub shooter surrendered to police and was on death row now. There is no doubt at all that he did the killing. Why waste calories concerned for a demon like that?
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I do not seek perfection.
We have a justice system which makes those determinations, its not about perfection, it never has been.