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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:42 PM Original message |
Fla. man exonerated after 35 years behind bars |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R -- Hopefully one day we will never have to hear stories like this. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. 50% of DNA tests exonerated arrested suspects |
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HopeforChange (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. how many innocents were executed |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, there is this; |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. We are still paying |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. I'm with you on that |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. This is why I now oppose the death penalty. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It's not that simple. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Exactly right. That guy does not know statistics. nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. well nothing's ever simple -- MOST crimes can't be cleared by DNA |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. trial by jury CAN'T work effectively, you CAN'T vote on matters of fact |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. You're exactly right. We need an e-jury machine... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. we need science, sorry if that upsets you |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. What is more scientific than a computer... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. We techies have a saying: "Garbage in, garbage out" |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Government officials of course. nt |
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HopeforChange (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. A Trial by Jury with Scientific Data Properly Presented is the Solution |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. The really crappy part... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. But the truth, if you read further into dna testing, is that the test only shows that their dna |
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USA_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. DNA isn't fool proof |
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fl_dem (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. another bittersweet story |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. The little boy didn't die. |
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fl_dem (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Well that one mistake I'm glad to be called on |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Agreed. |
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fl_dem (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Yes indeed it does |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. they used eyewitness testimony by a child, which is of proven scientific valuelessness |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I think a good idea would have all jury decisions be approved by you.. |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. I hate you, America!!!!!!!!!! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. And everyone knows that 9 year olds hate Black men. |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. You are ridiculous!!! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Idiot post. |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Kiss my ASS!!!! |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Gee, this man is BLACK! Who'da thunk it? I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I say!!1! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Damn 9 year old racists. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. What's your point? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I am saying there is probably a MUCH more likely scenario... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Negative connotations are exactly that, regardless of their cause(s). |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Course if you look in the paper, blacks are most likely to commit the crime, at least in my area. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. This is a racist and sexist view that I contend is REAL |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I love anecdotal evidence. nt |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I think you are not wrong in your perceptions |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. We may have the "best" system of justice in the world yet it is still |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. hopefully he can sue their asses off for wrongful imprisonment... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. there's an automatic payment of $50K a year in his state, as stated in the article |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Do you happen to know if there is a statue of limitations on suing for wrongful inprisonment? |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
55. He deserves all of that |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Kicked and recommended. |
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Kevin Cloyd (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. the problem is that few juries have the guts to say the cops and prosecutor are full of crap. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. That and Americans' obsession with a pound of flesh- anyone's flesh |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. WATCH THE VIDEO >>> made me cry! |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
49. US man freed by DNA evidence after 35 years in prison |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Wow! |
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spicegal (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Good reason to consider abolishing capital punishment |
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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. yes, so many cases should tell us something. welcome to DU... |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
53. My God...35 years... |
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