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lumberjack_jeff

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18. For every innocent convicted of committed crimes, a guilty person is walking free.

Reply to gollygee (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 11:16 PM

Dec 2013

It isn't only, or even mostly, a matter of proving that a crime occurred, it's also a matter of proving that the defendant is the guilty party.

The court which convicted the wrong guy is to blame for the real criminal's next victim.

http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/

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Jury Quickly Convicts Woman In False Rape Trial [View all] Purveyor Dec 2013 OP

Given that she also lied about having cancer mythology Dec 2013 #1

She put a man behind bars for ten yers seveneyes Dec 2013 #2

The man she falsely accused spent 10 years in prison.. Upton Dec 2013 #3

He got 10 years for doing nothing wrong. She deserves life without for causing this. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #6

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #4

You don't need to be a radical feminist to figure that out BainsBane Dec 2013 #5

You obviously don't know anything! etherealtruth Dec 2013 #8

Ah ha! One story about a false rape accusation! NuclearDem Dec 2013 #7

People get falsely accused of every kind of crime occasionally gollygee Dec 2013 #9

I think the adage that we would rather see 100 guilty persons be set free than have 1 innocent kelly1mm Dec 2013 #10

we would rather see 100 girls raped so we do not see one innocent man go to jail? is this what you seabeyond Dec 2013 #11

because damn if i am not thinking you have sentenced 100 INNOCENT girls for the one innocent man. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #13

I want to see justice in every case gollygee Dec 2013 #12

True, the only way to make absolutely sure that no innocent person was wrongfully convited kelly1mm Dec 2013 #16

the problem is, police do not do their job and dismiss. adults around the alleged rapist helps to seabeyond Dec 2013 #17

For every innocent convicted of committed crimes, a guilty person is walking free. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #18

How does that contradict anything I've said? gollygee Dec 2013 #19

I think it's an under-examined angle on the topic. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #20

No worries, it's more like 10,000 or 100,000 to 1. BainsBane Dec 2013 #14

That's about one of the worst things you can do to someone, Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #15