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Let me introduce you to this story: https://nypost.com/2017/09/23/how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-this-man-from-prison/ https://nypost.com/2017/09/23/how-curb-y

Let me introduce you to this story: https://nypost.com/2017/09/23/how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved-this-man-from-prison/ https://nypost.com/2017/09/23/how-curb-your-enthusiasm-saved... Nevermind that it had a good end. Recognize that even though there was reasonable doubt as a near impossibility of this man being guilty, the prosecutor still desperately tried to throw him in prison, despite him obviously being the wrong person and the prosecutor almost succeeded!

fortran77 6y ago
An amazing reason to never, ever, believe or trust policemen or prosecutors if you're ever on a jury > But that wasn’t enough for the LAPD and the prosecutor — who had never lost a case and was going to push for the death penalty for Puebla’s murderer. He did get some compensation: > In 2007, Juan received $320,000 in a settlement of his civil lawsuit against the LAPD and the city of Los Angeles for false imprisonment, misconduct and defamation. (In 2008, gang member Raul Robledo received a life term for the murder. But it's outrageous we, the taxpayers, have to pay for police misconduct. Let it come out of their pension fund (and reduce their pensions accordingly).