Solving crimes is a minor bonus for society. If they had prevented the driver fr...

		tsimionescu on Aug 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The U.S. government's long and shameful history of... Solving crimes is a minor bonus for society. If they had prevented the driver from killing the teen, then that would have been a much more compelling argument. But people running after a fatal crash doesn't make situation much worse, and the incentive to avoid fatal crashes doesn't change massively if you know for sure that you will be caught rather than being almost entirely sure.

In most of the comments about solving crime, its never about prevention but rather retribution.