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In response to "no. But I do not see why trying that case would be SO expensive. nm -- nm" by groiny

Ok, let's say they hadn't killed themselves, and they had been wearing masks and they escaped and the cops pieced together a case that they did it.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Oct 20 '09, 08:05

Same people killed, but the evidence is murkier. Then what? You have to make laws to deal with the tough cases, not the easy ones. How would you write the law? Death penalty applies if it's like, totally obvious?

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all murder is not created equal. - groiny Oct 20, 08:07 4
- But guilt of a crime is a yes or no question. There aren't degrees of that, unless you add on more crimes they're guilty of. -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 08:08
- My point is that the scenario I've given involves exactly the same murders, it's just that the killers aren't caught on the scene in the act. - pmb Oct 20, 08:08 2
  - I obviously, am interested in putting down those "unmurky" ones. - groiny Oct 20, 08:11 1
    - Forensics are expensive and are useful to exonerate people, but less so to convict with certainty. - pmb Oct 20, 08:14

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Ok, let's say they hadn't killed themselves, and they had been wearing masks and they escaped and the cops pieced together a case that they did it.

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