Let a thousand guilty men go to save 1 innocent person

Thread starter Pengwuino
Start date Nov 10, 2005

In summary: Society would be better off without them, and there's no need for the courts to waste time and resources trying to deal with them. Society would be better off without them, and there's no need for the courts to waste time and resources trying to deal with them.In summary, an all-powerful, all-knowing being confronts you with a choice: send 1,000 innocent men to jail, or release them and let the guilty man go. After thinking about it, you decide that society would be better off without the 1,000 men, so you choose to release them.

Nov 25, 2005

#36

WhiteWolf

Murder perhaps, but this question didnt really specify murder, did it? I forget, I just thought it was just some serious crime. Since it was hypothetical, I didnt consider passion or not, but practically, I believe you are correct.

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