“Should police violate the law in order to trap those who would otherwise escape its reach? Should prosecutors willfully withhold exculpatory information that would bear on a dangerous defendant’s guilt? Should judges and juries consider valid evidence obtained by setting up a situation that “invites” the commission of a crime and then using the ensuing criminal conduct as grounds for arresting the individuals who fall into the trap? In other words, is it right to do wrong, and under what circumstances? On what grounds can these actions be justified?”
Aus der Rezension von Julio Rios-Figueroa zu John Kleinigs Ethics and Criminal Justice. An Introduction (New York: CUP 2008). Vermutlich ist Kleinigs Buch auch für Kriminalliteraturleute von Nutzen (allein schon im Hinblick auf unterschiedliche Fiktionalisierungsstrategien). Kleinigs Einleitung kann man bei Amazon lesen.
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