LogFAQs > #883432741

I'm not actually convinced the state should be in the business of punishment at all. But there's no way to stop society from informally punishing people at step 1 (accusation), or even before that. I guess in an ideal world we'd wait for the trial and the verdict, but at the same time if I'm a business owner I'm sure as shit not going to keep employing someone after they're caught on tape trying to frame someone for drug possession. But all this is kind of outside the realm of reality and into the realm of "my wacky political/philosophical ideas".

It's kind of hard to answer this question without considering that the person's a cop, because the state being both employer and justice-dispenser is a unique situation that changes things. I think we definitely disagree on it being irrelevant, because an ideal world is so different in my head that it's hard to even translate this scenario to it.
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Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else.