Re:UK court clears post office staff convicted due to ‘corru...
by giantg2 on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:02PM
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"It's like innocent until proven guilty flies out the window."
Honestly, this is now the public perception (and the system) operates these days. I had a trooper recently hold a charge that he knew was incorrect and it carried with it pretrial restrictions that no other charge would. The state police say there's nothing wrong with subjecting people to pretrial restrictions under charges that they know to be incorrect. The attitude is "screw you, criminal" (just a summary offense).
Some states actually get it right and use blood tests. That means that some blood is saved if the defense wants to have it tested (evidence preservation).
Honestly, this is now the public perception (and the system) operates these days. I had a trooper recently hold a charge that he knew was incorrect and it carried with it pretrial restrictions that no other charge would. The state police say there's nothing wrong with subjecting people to pretrial restrictions under charges that they know to be incorrect. The attitude is "screw you, criminal" (just a summary offense).
Some states actually get it right and use blood tests. That means that some blood is saved if the defense wants to have it tested (evidence preservation).