Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016)
by csa on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:03AM
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While I agree that innocent people do go to jail sometimes, I think this is much rarer than you make it out to be. The instances I have heard of it, either the system was (or one or more actors in that system were) corrupt, or the defendant had incompetent counsel.
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https://www.innocenceproject.org/how-many-innocent-people-ar...
The current estimate is roughly 1%.
Sending someone to prison is basically taking some or all of their life. We currently have an estimated 20,000 innocent people in jail. That's not rare, and it's disgusting that this complete ethical failure of the American justice system is defended here.
Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016)
by intralizee on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:19AM
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How did I make it out to be? Also how do you respond, "this is much rare than you make it out to be" from reading my comment. (Assumptions) while attempting to justify madness is a scapegoat at best from changing ones view; from understanding the human error of the poor process. Now I have no way to know the frequency if it's rare or common. Unrelated to my past comment, I don't believe in free will and think the whole justice system is madness.