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Originally Posted by alnorth
If anything, these lists could be dangerous to the very people you want to protect. Having these lists available makes it more likely that we decide its ok to let an iffy marginal case go "well, the public will be informed so our conscience is clear. If someone is hurt, oh well we did the best we could."
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Again, your logic is massively flawed. Your example of a 'marginal case' where someone is KNOWN to be very dangerous (immediate danger) still, but released anyway is bogus...Please show some evidence for this. How is having a list MORE dangerous than not having a list for the community?
In the VAST majority of these cases both the prisoner AND the prison system wish for the prisoner to be released....the prisoner having served their time. Again, how is having a list more dangerous than not, when we are BOUND to release these prisoners?
If you have a problem with the length of punishment for certain crimes, that is a completely separate issue than a list....I mean if you think the time served should be 'life in prison, or until we can show 100% that this person will never commit a crime again' that is an even higher standard than murder....I could possibly agree with it though.
It seems like you don't really understand what you are even arguing for...