Comment by spullara
5 years ago
The justice system isn't even close to error free even with a fair trial, as we define it, so I'm not sure that this is a good analog.
5 years ago
The justice system isn't even close to error free even with a fair trial, as we define it, so I'm not sure that this is a good analog.
And yet we don't allow for blowing off that error rate because of the number of total cases in the system. It's also possible to get a retrial or dismissal if the errors are identified.
In practice, we collectively do blow off that error rate. For example, the US has many high profile miscarriages of injustice that it hasn't meaningfully solved for decades. There are people who get jerked around the justice system that can't get the system to justify a retrial or their retrial produces the same flawed outcome, similar to how Google's systems jerk people around with little meaningful recourse. There has been plenty of public protest (and insurrection) about these issues throughout the US that indicate the system isn't working as these people are fighting their issues outside normal civic/political channels.
The US is a democracy and its citizens do tolerate this level of failure.