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I was just recently given 24 hours to pack whatever I could carry and leave my home after the landlord's daughter found out my real government name which I rare

I was just recently given 24 hours to pack whatever I could carry and leave my home after the landlord's daughter found out my real government name which I rarely use and found a newspaper article about where I was arrested on false charges 11 years ago. (I spent 10 years in jail awaiting trial and then the charges were dropped) Most of the newspapers completely removed all mentions of the case, bless them, but it's the Internet -- removing something from the Internet is like trying to take the pee out of a swimming pool. After asking how I was going to manage on the streets, homeless (it was -30*C at the time), he did come to his senses somewhat and get me a couple of week's grace which let me find somewhere else to stay.

richrichardsson 3y ago
> I spent 10 years in jail awaiting trial and then the charges were dropped How is that even possible? What kind of system allows such a nonsense to occur?
- voxic11 3y ago
  As long as you waive your right to a speedy trial and you don't post bail you can be held without trial basically forever in the United States.
- deleted 3y ago
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- ruined 3y ago
  rikers island, nyc
- sneak 3y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder
LiquidPolymer 3y ago
If you are in the United States, in most jurisdictions, a 24 our eviction would be against the law and come with significant penalties for the landlord. 10 years in jail awaiting charges certainly means you waved off a speedy trial. Yet still, I believe you are leaving out a significant detail or two.
- blastocast 3y ago
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baps 3y ago
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- withinboredom 3y ago
  I was going to answer your original question, but you edited it to now say this. If the charges were dropped; does it really matter what they have to say? As to your original question: I had a friend get arrested for picking up their wife's (narcotic) medications the day after she died. He didn't do it with any malicious intent, just habit. The cop didn't care. It took 4 years to get his day in court and the charges were dropped. There are many reasons to do things, that a cop will happily make look like whatever they want in order to get an arrest.
  - gwd 3y ago
    > If the charges were dropped; does it really matter what they have to say? Obviously you don't owe anyone here an explanation. But you're the one who seem to want us to believe that you were innocent enough that throwing you out of the flat was completely unjust persecution; if that's what you want, then it's reasonable to expect you to account for how such a charge came to be filed against you. Criminal prosecution is (rightfully) hard; from a Baysean probability perspective, given no other evidence than what has been presented in this thread so far, which is more likely -- that the charges were dropped because they were a complete fantasy from the beginning, or because there were legal technicalities that would have made a conviction difficult? (That said, maybe I'm just naive, but I'd give "Man genuinely asks a random stranger on Craigslist to help you arrange sex with a minor" a fairly low Baysean "prior"... I'd definitely be looking for evidence of a set-up if I were the police.)
    - withinboredom 3y ago
      > you're the one who seem to want us to believe that you were innocent enough that throwing you out of the flat was completely unjust persecution; if that's what you want, then it's reasonable to expect you to account for how such a charge came to be filed against you. Maybe you should check who you are replying to. I was originally answering your question about how things could take that long. I have no idea about OP, but I also provided an example of how cops will misconstrue things to simply get an arrest. In my own personal life, my parents had a cop search my car because they thought I was dealing drugs. The cop found a small ripped piece of paper (from who knows what), and claimed it was from rolling papers. So, I trust a cop saying "this is why X" about as far as you can throw toilet paper up their tree. > rom a Baysean probability perspective, given no other evidence than what has been presented in this thread so far, which is more likely -- that the charges were dropped because they were a complete fantasy from the beginning, or because there were legal technicalities that would have made a conviction difficult? In my experience, there is a far greater probability that they are completely fabricated nonsense.
edm0nd 3y ago
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richrichardsson 3y ago

> I spent 10 years in jail awaiting trial and then the charges were dropped How is that even possible? What kind of system allows such a nonsense to occur?

voxic11 3y ago
As long as you waive your right to a speedy trial and you don't post bail you can be held without trial basically forever in the United States.
deleted 3y ago
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ruined 3y ago
rikers island, nyc
sneak 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder

LiquidPolymer 3y ago

If you are in the United States, in most jurisdictions, a 24 our eviction would be against the law and come with significant penalties for the landlord. 10 years in jail awaiting charges certainly means you waved off a speedy trial. Yet still, I believe you are leaving out a significant detail or two.

blastocast 3y ago
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baps 3y ago

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withinboredom 3y ago
I was going to answer your original question, but you edited it to now say this. If the charges were dropped; does it really matter what they have to say? As to your original question: I had a friend get arrested for picking up their wife's (narcotic) medications the day after she died. He didn't do it with any malicious intent, just habit. The cop didn't care. It took 4 years to get his day in court and the charges were dropped. There are many reasons to do things, that a cop will happily make look like whatever they want in order to get an arrest.
- gwd 3y ago
  > If the charges were dropped; does it really matter what they have to say? Obviously you don't owe anyone here an explanation. But you're the one who seem to want us to believe that you were innocent enough that throwing you out of the flat was completely unjust persecution; if that's what you want, then it's reasonable to expect you to account for how such a charge came to be filed against you. Criminal prosecution is (rightfully) hard; from a Baysean probability perspective, given no other evidence than what has been presented in this thread so far, which is more likely -- that the charges were dropped because they were a complete fantasy from the beginning, or because there were legal technicalities that would have made a conviction difficult? (That said, maybe I'm just naive, but I'd give "Man genuinely asks a random stranger on Craigslist to help you arrange sex with a minor" a fairly low Baysean "prior"... I'd definitely be looking for evidence of a set-up if I were the police.)
  - withinboredom 3y ago
    > you're the one who seem to want us to believe that you were innocent enough that throwing you out of the flat was completely unjust persecution; if that's what you want, then it's reasonable to expect you to account for how such a charge came to be filed against you. Maybe you should check who you are replying to. I was originally answering your question about how things could take that long. I have no idea about OP, but I also provided an example of how cops will misconstrue things to simply get an arrest. In my own personal life, my parents had a cop search my car because they thought I was dealing drugs. The cop found a small ripped piece of paper (from who knows what), and claimed it was from rolling papers. So, I trust a cop saying "this is why X" about as far as you can throw toilet paper up their tree. > rom a Baysean probability perspective, given no other evidence than what has been presented in this thread so far, which is more likely -- that the charges were dropped because they were a complete fantasy from the beginning, or because there were legal technicalities that would have made a conviction difficult? In my experience, there is a far greater probability that they are completely fabricated nonsense.

edm0nd 3y ago

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