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A comment on New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in murder. Parent comment

Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by cimmanom on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:39AM (#18031466)
Because at the time the US split from England, there were myriad concerns about judges being influenced by authorities to convict innocent people for political (or personal) reasons.
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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by mcguire on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:51AM (#18033359)
Because the judges and the authorities were the same, small minority, group of people.
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