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Re:Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018) by rainworld on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:46PM (#28982645)
have to screen hundreds of cases to find the one or two meritorious ones

And even then, legal merit, long after conviction, brought forward by a team of highly motivated activists, against an indifferent (or often enough even sympathetic) legal system does not equate innocence. Peculiarities of the American legal system and political pressures exacerbate this.

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Re:Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity (2018) by AnthonyMouse on Sunday October 24, 2021 @07:33PM (#28982921)
It's also a matter of what you can prove.

If you find DNA evidence or a video recording to exonerate you, that's great. But if you're in prison because a cop planted drugs on you, there is no DNA evidence. There may not be a video recording of the events. How can you prove your innocence? Sometimes you can't, even when you are.

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