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Butch McQueen

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1. I'd Say 10,000 to 1 is still too many innocents punished

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 02:22 AM

Dec 2013

But that could come from having been falsely arrested before. Yeah, it was only one night in jail and it all got straightened out the next morning, but hearing a cell door slam shut, knowing that you've done nothing wrong, and realizing that your entire future hangs in the balance of a seriously flawed legal system is something that stays with you for a long long time.

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Blackstone's formulation [View all] lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 OP

I'd Say 10,000 to 1 is still too many innocents punished Butch McQueen Dec 2013 #1

100:1 seems like a good quantification of "reasonable doubt" Recursion Dec 2013 #2

Unfortunately it seems many would rather it be guilty until proven innocent davidn3600 Dec 2013 #3

The mob gets it wrong as often as right. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #6

I'm surprised how little was learned from Tulia Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #8

Zimmerman WAS fucking guilty Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #7

1000:1 n/t defacto7 Dec 2013 #4

As many as necessary. bemildred Dec 2013 #5

here's the relevant part of what you put up: Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #9