gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoDNA evidence casts doubt on Henry Jamerson’s rape conviction after 24 years in prison in Oklahoma. Prosecutors are fighting efforts to clear his name.www.readfrontier.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkDNA evidence casts doubt on Henry Jamerson’s rape conviction after 24 years in prison in Oklahoma. Prosecutors are fighting efforts to clear his name.www.readfrontier.orggAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFlordaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·11 months agoHow low of a human being must you be to claim evidence has been destroyed when it hasn’t. The cop who told that under oath should be fired and put in jail, like anyone else would.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months ago“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Prosecutors are measured by convictions, regardless of whether they get it right.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoThe use of metrics to judge competency has always been a shell game.
How low of a human being must you be to claim evidence has been destroyed when it hasn’t. The cop who told that under oath should be fired and put in jail, like anyone else would.
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
Prosecutors are measured by convictions, regardless of whether they get it right.
The use of metrics to judge competency has always been a shell game.