It's easy to be utilitarian until it's your own life at stake or that of someone you love.
Also, a lot of decent, innocent people wouldn't survive five years in prison with their personality and decency intact.
If 1 in 101 prisoners is actually innocent, that would mean there are close to 23000 innocent people currently in US prisons. I'm not prepared to throw 23000 innocent people in prison without some very good evidence that it truly is worth it in exchange for punishing the guilty.
It's easy to be utilitarian until it's your own life at stake or that of someone you love.
Also, a lot of decent, innocent people wouldn't survive five years in prison with their personality and decency intact.
If 1 in 101 prisoners is actually innocent, that would mean there are close to 23000 innocent people currently in US prisons. I'm not prepared to throw 23000 innocent people in prison without some very good evidence that it truly is worth it in exchange for punishing the guilty.