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I did contribute something, the point that drugs are not being planted on people. The parallel construction wouldn't work if the suspects were not actually comm

I did contribute something, the point that drugs are not being planted on people. The parallel construction wouldn't work if the suspects were not actually committing crimes. Nobody wants to talk about it I guess however, too busy getting their fix on today's outrage porn.

gnosis 13y ago
"The parallel construction wouldn't work if the suspects were not actually committing crimes." See "Three Felonies a Day"[1] Also, note the following quote from the original article: "most drug-trafficking defendants plead guilty before trial" In fact, something like 90% or more of people accused of crimes in the US never get a trial, because they plead guilty. They plead guilty because prosecutors pile on so many charges that the defendants are afraid to risk life in jail if they happen to lose (in a judicial system that's usually stacked against them). Defending a case in Federal court is also incredibly expensive and traumatic. See the Aaron Swartz case for good examples of all of the above. [1] - http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594035229 http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/...