Re:The tragic case of the wrong Thomas James is finally righted
by banannaise on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @12:45PM
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> I guess there is no real incentive on the part of the criminal justice system to resolve this.
Correct. The numbers for both police and prosecutors are still anchored on convictions, and the police worldview is still largely based on the idea that the people they're dealing with are a "criminal class" who largely deserve to be in prison whether they happened to commit that particular crime or not.
Correct. The numbers for both police and prosecutors are still anchored on convictions, and the police worldview is still largely based on the idea that the people they're dealing with are a "criminal class" who largely deserve to be in prison whether they happened to commit that particular crime or not.