Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit
by Nasrudith on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:05AM
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Yeah it is transparently a fucked up assymetrical system in that behavior that looks like it should be grounds for disbarring a judge for not being impartial is instead expected behavior and /not/ doing so would itself be judicial misconduct for allowing blatant hearsay.
Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit
by vageli on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:50AM
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> A police officer can testify to statements you made or actions you took that will incriminate you. But if the defense counsel asks them to testify to similar statements or actions that will exonerate you, the prosecution will object to it as hearsay, and it will be sustained.
This sounds like an incredibly broad statement that, by its breadth alone, seems false. Do you have any/many examples of this happening? I would think this is an extremely common occurrence by your statement.
Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit
by gknoy on Thursday December 05, 2019 @11:37AM
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This is covered fairly specifically in the famous "don't talk to the police" (parts 1 and 2) lecture on Youtube, and was corroborated by the police officer that participated in the lecture.
A police officer can testify to statements you made or actions you took that will incriminate you. But if the defense counsel asks them to testify to similar statements or actions that will exonerate you, the prosecution will object to it as hearsay, and it will be sustained. You'll need to take the stand to make such claims, which opens you up to cross-examination.