# Executed child found to be innocent

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 18, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executed-child-found-to-be-innocent/707549 "2014-12-18T04:24:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executed-child-found-to-be-innocent/707549/159 "2014-12-22T19:40:32Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> Justice is the process that protects all of us from the tyranny of the government.

You’ve got that backwards. Justice is the process by which the government protects us from the mob - you know, those guys in the streets chanting for dead cops.

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