Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr...
by spoonjim on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:19AM
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Yes, that’s the difference between an assassin and an “assassin.” With no conviction, a guy could be Mr. Rogers on paper — still doesn’t change the fact that he’s killed 20 people.
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Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr...
by pjc50 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:09AM
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Yes, but how do you know that? And why should we believe it?
We're literally in a thread about wrongful conviction. Evidence. It matters.
Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr...
by vagrantJin on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:59AM
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Thats certainly in the realm of possibility but the evidence of that needs to be clear. Accusations like that are one step removed from complete paranoia.
Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr...
by spoonjim on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:05AM
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Well the evidence would have to be clear to deport a single person. But a general trend could be enough justification to shut down immigration from certain countries. That is not a personal punishment like a deportation, so it does not need conclusive proof (which of course doesn’t exist, there is no country which sends exclusively or predominantly bad immigrants to the US).
Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr...
by TheCoelacanth on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:59PM
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The only difference between an "assassin" and the actual Mr. Rogers is the word of the gestapo-lite thugs in ICE.