On 8/29/2012 10:48 AM, Onno Meyer wrote:
In the real world, I believe that no civilized society should have bounty hunters. Civilians should use force in either self defense or mutual defense, perhaps even hot pursuit, but only officers of the law should seek out outlaws in cold blood ...
If bounties exist, people will go searching for them. The real-world US model is a function of how the bail system works: if someone is let out on bail, and pays for the bail with a loan, and then skips, the loan holder is out the quantity of the bail -- unless he can arrange to make sure that the person with the bail on his head actually shows up. Sure, the police will look for him as well, but their incentives are different, and they may care quite a bit less than the bond holder about whether the criminal shows up, as opposed to leaving town.
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