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> Not if the "well regarded source" has a clear motive to lie. Then it is not a well regarded source any more.

• crdoconnor 10y ago
  The police are considered a well regarded source by the general public: "THOUSANDS of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they know that the odds of a jury’s believing their word over a police officer’s are slim to none." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/why-police-officers-lie-under-oath.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/why-police-...
  • Klover 10y ago
    Your article is inaccessible to me beyond the first 2 paragraphs. Please provide additional quotation. I do see that it is in the opinion category, so perhaps a more reliable source could be provided? Something like a main article of the NYT would probably have less chance to be skewed into a bias, than an opinion piece by the author of "Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness". The reason I would like to know more, is because I learned so many years ago of the importance of doubt in criminal cases in the US. As Wikipedia tells it[1]: >Beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest burden of proof in any court in the United States. Criminal cases must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. If it's currently the case where all that's needed for a suspect to be found guilty, is for a police officer to say they are, then the entire justice system needs to be reworked. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_doubt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_doubt