The Philosophy of Criminal Justice

Michael Wolraich: The idea that you can rationally choose to murder someone really doesn't make sense. He says Kitty Genovese's confession is in keeping with what we know about her so far. But he asks, why do the cops come off so well? Because they controlled the narrative from the beginning and it was like a PR flack or something who arranged this whole story for them. Kolraich: There are 38 police reports but only 38 witnesses saw and heard Kitty being murdered and did nothing. That doesn't reflect the number of people that the police talk to. It certainly doesn't reflectthe number of witnesses to the crime.