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> Investigators feel clever for thinking "No one but the perp, within reason, could've ever searched for these terms in this time." Luckily, people are convict
by euyyn 10y ago
> Investigators feel clever for thinking "No one but the perp, within reason, could've ever searched for these terms in this time."
Luckily, people are convicted when a judge or jury is convinced that the evidence points at them being guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. Not when an investigator feels clever.
- noobiemcfoob 10y agoIf only.
- rhizome 10y ago~95% of all convictions derive from plea bargains, and a not-insignificant portion (2-8%) of those are estimated to be innocent.[1] So, we have a system where an investigator can indeed "feel clever," produce a defendant based on sketchy evidence, who then pleads out for any number of reasons. Neither judge nor jury ever hears what the evidence is in these cases. Ta da: the immaculate conviction. 1. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/12/26/plea-bargaining-and-the-innocent https://www.themarshallproject.org/2014/12/26/plea-bargainin...
- paulddraper 10y agoAnd this is a problem that go away with less evidence collection?
- rhizome 10y agoNo, I'm saying that the plea system is the constant. The amount of evidence collected is often irrelevant.