Re:Why Innocent People Plead Guilty
by pessimizer on Sunday November 02, 2014 @01:28PM
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>I would imagine that prosecuting the correct perpetrator would be the one most likely to result in a conviction.
Why would you imagine that? Why would you assume that there was even a crime at all for there to be a 'correct perpetrator'?
>Unfortunately, prosecutors are often under a lot of pressure from the public (i.e., us) to put somebody away. What's a prosecutor to do after Nancy Grace tells us who the murderer is?
This is significant in the six cases a year that get big television coverage, but this has happened to millions of people and the media/public generally have little/nothing to do with it.
Why would you imagine that? Why would you assume that there was even a crime at all for there to be a 'correct perpetrator'?
>Unfortunately, prosecutors are often under a lot of pressure from the public (i.e., us) to put somebody away. What's a prosecutor to do after Nancy Grace tells us who the murderer is?
This is significant in the six cases a year that get big television coverage, but this has happened to millions of people and the media/public generally have little/nothing to do with it.