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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by lonelappde on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:19PM (#21714122)
Don't you think that Jane killer was in a strange sort of circumstance to be going out to breakfast with the people who admittedly were trying to imprison him? There are underlying issues to address here.

This is why convicting guilty people isn't always right, and jury nullification is important. The law comes down hard on some people and not others, quite unjustly. The legal/penal system has a terrible reputation of its own making.

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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by MFogleman on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:24PM (#21714762)
They weren't trying to imprison him, they were trying to gather evidence of who murdered Jane, which would result in imprisoning that person.

Jane's killer was in a strange circumstance. So was Jane, what with being murdered and all. The unconventional means of getting a confession were not immoral or unethical at all, IMO, and the courts certainly agreed they were admissible.

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