I mentioned this site in the Too Many Laws thread but, as I read more of it, I think it is worth a thread of its own.
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To the public unfamiliar with the realities of the criminal justice system, a confession is sure proof that a person is guilty. That's seldom the truth of the matter. Almost all confessions are coerced by the cops. The police typically beat, intimidate, terrify and/or threaten suspects into giving false confessions. This is especially true where the cops have no case and even their lies (cops lie as a matter of everyday business) won't assure a conviction. They tell the suspect/victim that if he confesses, "it will go easy on him."
The rule is simple: never even believe a cop and never even confess to anything. Make them prove every detail.
This precedes the story of a confessed rapist who was later cleared by DNA evidence.
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koan wrote: I mentioned this site in the Too Many Laws thread but, as I read more of it, I think it is worth a thread of its own.
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This precedes the story of a confessed rapist who was later cleared by DNA evidence.
That sounds very anti.
Certainly, in this country, every police interview must be taped and the tapes retained. If any suggestion of coersion is made the tapes are examined by the Independant Police Complaints Commission - no tapes = no confession.
The days when the police could beat a confession out of a prisoner should be long gone.
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This precedes the story of a confessed rapist who was later cleared by DNA evidence.
That sounds very anti.
Certainly, in this country, every police interview must be taped and the tapes retained. If any suggestion of coersion is made the tapes are examined by the Independant Police Complaints Commission - no tapes = no confession.
The days when the police could beat a confession out of a prisoner should be long gone.
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I'm not saying I find all their stories to be accurate and factual. The site seems an interesting place to hear the prisoners' side of the story. There is lots of information there though.
Thomas Druce was a Republican state legislator, a hack of the worst stripe. That may have been the reason that the highly political Parole Board decided he'd done plenty of time. How much time did the white Republican lawmaker do for killing a black man? 2 years!
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Thomas Druce was a Republican state legislator, a hack of the worst stripe. That may have been the reason that the highly political Parole Board decided he'd done plenty of time. How much time did the white Republican lawmaker do for killing a black man? 2 years!
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Well, I can tell you from personal, first-hand experience, that cops DO lie to get the results they want. They lie to everyone, even other cops. The cop that was a member of the Blue Angels was lied to in order to scare Bullet into going and making a statement. Cops are very practiced liars.
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
We won't be punished for our sins, but BY them.
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It's a fairly emotionally written site. They don't offer hard evidence for all of their claims but there are names and cases bundled in there. If the core stories are picked out and the wilder articles discarded they might have a really good case against the justice system on their hands.
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koan wrote: It's a fairly emotionally written site. They don't offer hard evidence for all of their claims but there are names and cases bundled in there. If the core stories are picked out and the wilder articles discarded they might have a really good case against the justice system on their hands.
They'd get their point across far better if they dropped the emotion and stuck to the facts. People are too used to discarding emotive statements and the hard facts would hit home more.
They'd get their point across far better if they dropped the emotion and stuck to the facts. People are too used to discarding emotive statements and the hard facts would hit home more.
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Bryn Mawr wrote: They'd get their point across far better if they dropped the emotion and stuck to the facts. People are too used to discarding emotive statements and the hard facts would hit home more.
I've dropped them a line regarding that issue. It would be nice to see them organize their data for maximum effectiveness.
I've dropped them a line regarding that issue. It would be nice to see them organize their data for maximum effectiveness.
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We taxpayers spend more to imprison a person in Pennsylvania than it would cost to send him to the best state college, almost twice as much, as a matter of fact. The average prisoner costs the taxpayers $33,615 a year to imprison. For about $18,000 he could get a college education. For about $25,000 he could be followed around on the street by a parole agent, one on one. But that wouldn't satisfy the revenge crowd.
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