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The imprecise nature of forensics work should be a sufficient argument for leniency in all criminal justice cases. Instead there seems to be this witch-hunting
by fsloth 11y ago
The imprecise nature of forensics work should be a sufficient argument for leniency in all criminal justice cases. Instead there seems to be this witch-hunting mentality where someone needs to take the fall.
The fact that the justice system of the mightiest and wealthiest country in the history of the planet uses methods no better than pricking is quite disturbing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pricking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pricking).
- snsr 11y agoThe incentives created (enabled?) by absolute prosecutorial immunity are partially to blame for the insanely aggressive conduct of prosecutors in the US.
- pjc50 11y agoThe entire US approach to dealing with crime is tainted by both racism and a religious-fundamentalist approach to sin. People very much want to believe that there are good people and bad people, and that it's feasible to sort everyone into those categories and put the bad people in prison and punish them eternally for their intrinsic badness. This blinds people to misconduct by the ""good guys"".