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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Convicting the Innocent

Lawyers and Hollywood have know this forever. Juries are now coming around. http://burndownthefreakingmission.com

Amplify’d from www.lewrockwell.com

Petro lays
out what he says are the myths about the system, and they are:


Myth 1:
Everyone in prison claims innocence.


Myth 2:
Our system almost never convicts an innocent person.


Myth 3:
Only the guilty confess.


Myth 4:
Wrongful conviction is the result of innocent human error.


Myth 5:
An eyewitness is the best testimony.


Myth 6:
Conviction errors get corrected on appeal.


Myth 7:
It dishonors a victim to question a conviction.


Myth 8:
If the justice system has problems, the pros will fix them.

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