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by _DeadFred_ 719 days ago
The legal system is incompatible with this very concept. The legal system works on precedent. Once something is established by the court, it is treated as fact, forever, with an EXTREMELY high bar to get changed. US courts still impose polygraph testing (at significant cost to those forced to take them) on people on probation even though polygraphs are no longer allowed to convict and just plain don't work.