Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBritish police sat on evidence for 16 years before man was cleared of rapewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkBritish police sat on evidence for 16 years before man was cleared of rapewww.theguardian.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePotato_in_my_anus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoDistrict Attorneys are like “politicians”, they’ve to have a very low ratio of wins vs lose to keep climbing the ladder. So, more often than not they’ll bent over backwards to get the person in jail.
minus-squarebrainrein@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoSo you say it’s just how the system is supposed to work, right? It’s designed that way. There are two parties fighting against each other, the defendant and the state. And who has the better weapons is going to win. Being innocent might being helpful for the defendant during the investigation, just like being white or middle class. Or being rich, of course. But when the case goes to court, one party has already decided that you’re guilty. At that point it’s only being rich what can save your ass.
minus-squareHypnosis4162linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDistrict Attorneys? This happened in the UK. Jesus.
District Attorneys are like “politicians”, they’ve to have a very low ratio of wins vs lose to keep climbing the ladder. So, more often than not they’ll bent over backwards to get the person in jail.
So you say it’s just how the system is supposed to work, right? It’s designed that way.
There are two parties fighting against each other, the defendant and the state. And who has the better weapons is going to win.
Being innocent might being helpful for the defendant during the investigation, just like being white or middle class. Or being rich, of course.
But when the case goes to court, one party has already decided that you’re guilty. At that point it’s only being rich what can save your ass.
District Attorneys? This happened in the UK. Jesus.