On: People’s freedom jeopardised by new software adopted by California’s courts

[briandear]

Not at all. Do you want a rapist getting out of jail earlier? That would be troubling.

[happyopossum → briandear]

Not as troubling as a government depriving a citizen of their inalienable rights. That is by far the more troubling outcome - especially given the greater societal implications.

[brewdad → briandear]

But a person with a traffic ticket getting jailed and registered as a sex offender is better? Both are equally troubling. In my mind, the latter moreso.

[daveleebbc → brewdad]

Hm - I take your point. I was coming at it from a public safety point of view first and foremost. But I can see the other side, sure.