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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: paying plumbers
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 19:10:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 20 19:10:00 1985
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>  Well you guys can nit pick all you want but the fact remains that it
>  is possible to find independant/unprejudiced people to decide almost
>  any issue and have them do a good job; out justice system may be
>  a little slow but the udges and juries seem to generally do a good
>  job.

Oh really?  A good job on deciding guilt vs. innocence, I am willing to
concede.  Generally.  A good job on sentencing convicted criminals to
something appropriate to the crime, no way.

Note that EPFWOEV is a "how much" decision, rather than a "yes or no"
decision, akin to sentencing rather than guilt/innocence.  I would expect
the same pattern to prevail:  being nice to the poor guy standing up
front, and to hell with the social consequences.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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