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EFerrari

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14. Yes. One night here I was trying to look up a young man who was in prison

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #13)

Mon May 21, 2012, 11:31 PM

May 2012

and said to be there unjustly. After searching a bit, I ran across another young man with the same name and some other horrible story. I had to stop for a while.

Our system of justice needs to be sandblasted, Your Honor. Whatever brief respite there might have been in the 70s disappeared with the Raygun War on Americans via prohibition. And austerity will only make it worse when the cutbacks really hit police forces.

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2000 People Falsely Convicted, Then Exonerated, in 23 Years [View all] marmar May 2012 OP

And In Most, Sir, There Was Deliberate Misconduct By Prosecutors And Police, That Will Go Unpunished The Magistrate May 2012 #1

But who has the money to mount that kind of campaign, Sir? EFerrari May 2012 #5

True, Ma'am: It Would Require Changes In Law, Which Means Votes In Legislatures The Magistrate May 2012 #6

D.A.s are elected locally and police chiefs are usually appointed by mayors, I think. EFerrari May 2012 #12

Out Of Office, Ma'am, Is Not Twenty Years In Stir The Magistrate May 2012 #13

Yes. One night here I was trying to look up a young man who was in prison EFerrari May 2012 #14

Without even looking I'm going to guess that over 90% of them toddwv May 2012 #2

over 50% n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #4

Here ashling May 2012 #9

"most exhonerations involved men" = 90% n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #3

I expect this is only the tip of the iceberg. surrealAmerican May 2012 #7

Like the Bakersfield satanic child sex ring for example UnrepentantLiberal May 2012 #8

'Over one hundred of the wrongful convictions had received the death penalty' spanone May 2012 #10

Just watched Conviction with Hilary Swank. UnrepentantLiberal May 2012 #11