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ProSense

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11. Somehow

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 03:25 PM

Jul 2013

"A system that tries to not convict the innocent will sometimes acquit the guilty. No way around it. "

...this seems like an extremely weak justification for what happened.

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If "we" wrote the laws today no poor or minority person would ever be acquitted. Ever. [View all] cthulu2016 Jul 2013 OP

The system is designed to be subjective enough to allow predujuice to excuse some crimes... NoOneMan Jul 2013 #1

Superbly written LittleBlue Jul 2013 #2

I note that in your entire OP you never once mention justice. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #3

People often expected and got justice, only to cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #9

If that is true - how come we have a quarter of the worlds prisoner population. Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #4

The number of people in prisons is, imho, to a large part due to anomiep Jul 2013 #8

We have so many people in prison for a few reasons. Igel Jul 2013 #14

I don't blame the jury or the prosecutors. morningfog Jul 2013 #5

The six-person jury is pretty odd. NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #6

What do you mean by 'not treated as a suspect' anomiep Jul 2013 #13

I remember "reasonable doubt" and "right not to testify" existing at the time of OJ Simpson's trial. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #7

Actually, the laws don't have to be 'rewritten' to see this happen... Spazito Jul 2013 #10

Somehow ProSense Jul 2013 #11

I don't regard is as justification. But it is an explanation. onenote Jul 2013 #12

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