Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Exchange Prompted by Preceding Post

Here is K.R.'s response to a friend and follower of this blog who suggested removing the legal immunity of parole board members so that they could be charged with being accessories to murder:

I would make individual parole board members and judges liable for civil damages in malpractice actions.

Argument against is that they have to be free to make decisions without fear of sanctions.

But they can gather all the relevant facts and consider the matters before them at leisure. Unlike surgeons and cops on whom they have imposed liability even though the docs and officers have to make split second life-or-death decisions.

Justice for the honorables is just us.

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