A lot of times in Media, Television, Movies, Games etc. you’ll see this leader of a huge crime organization where its shown that the government or law enforcement of that universe obviously know that they’re involved in illegal activity, but they “don’t have enough evidence to put them in jail” This is where my question comes in, what stops this government from just doing it anyway? If they obviously know they’re evil than why can’t they just stop them anyway, Its not like keeping them out of jail will be MORE helpful for the world?
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In the US we don’t allow this kind of tyranny. Government officials don’t get to say “I know they are a criminal” and therefore jail, execute or otherwise punish people. We may have some messy parts in our system, but thankfully this isn’t one of them.
Besides, there is no law against being the head of an organization if you can’t prove the organization is violating laws.
We have laws. We have courts. We don’t put people in prison without at least the right to hold a trial to share the evidence & testimony against them.
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