[WikiEN-l] David Hager is listed as convicted rapist

Mon Dec 5 16:49:37 UTC 2005

On 12/5/05, JAY JG <jayjg at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> People also falsely confess to crimes; there have been many famous cases of
> this which have actually been later overturned (and one must assume even
> more cases which have not been overturned).  If we start trying to second
> guess legal systems, then all we'll be left with is original research to
> determine if someone is a criminal.
>
> Jay.

The problems is that you're trying to apply a fundamentally
20th-century view of legal systems across the board.  Only recently
have the majority of criminals begun to appear before courts; in
earlier periods, it was quite common for them to simply be killed, or
to kill themselves.

What about cases like [[Marcus Junius Brutus]]?  There is little, if
any, doubt about his role in Ceasar's death; should we then refrain
from adding him to the Assassins category merely because he was never
convicted in a court?

Kirill Lokshin