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by learc83
2451 days ago
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>If you commit a violent crime, bad on you. If you leave DNA behind, you're stupid. The first deserves punishment; taken together doubly so. You aren't more deserving of punishment for being stupid. What kind of insane moral system do you follow? >You're shedding DNA right now through exfoliation, And I'd prefer that law enforcement not be able to track me everywhere I go because the risk of getting caught up in an investigation is too high. The criminal justice system has serious flaws and I'd rather not be wrongly implicated just because I happened to shed DNA near where a crime happened. |
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I was being tongue in cheek. Punishments should fit crimes and those accused should not be judged on the basis of intelligence, race, wealth, or any other factor but the facts of their case. That said, it's easy to prosecute cases with abundant evidence available. Such crimes tend not to be premeditated, and easy convictions serve as social reenforcement to deter similar crimes.
> The criminal justice system has serious flaws and I'd rather not be wrongly implicated just because I happened to shed DNA near where a crime happened.
Fair point.
DNA should be used to place persons at crime scenes and not be used in absence of additional evidence. Unless said DNA was found on the victim of a sex crime, under fingernails, etc.