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Re:A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged o... by CrazyStat on Sunday August 22, 2021 @02:50PM (#28268308)
"Good" in what sense? Police and prosecutors don't necessarily care about their evidence being good in the sense of accurate. It just needs to convince a jury.

There is a very, very, very long history of police and prosecutors using bad (in the sense of accuracy) evidence to put people in jail.

Re:A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged o... by emodendroket on Sunday August 22, 2021 @03:52PM (#28268925)
I’m making a normative claim. Obviously it does not describe reality.