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Old 05-08-2016, 09:48 AM   #26
Elphenor
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Originally Posted by vixnix View Post
That isn't a universal truth, it's a flawed aspect of the U.S. criminal justice system.

No 41 year old whose legal representative laughs about them passing a polygraph and then states she'll never trust a polygraph again, should be able to avoid an appropriate sentence for raping a 12 year old, simply because their representative was better qualified to manipulate the legal system than that representing the victim.

That's the system you have. The decisions people make within that system, is what makes it the shitty mess it is today.
It is preferable to a system that convicts non-criminals more frequently

Better to have 10 rapists get off free than for 1 innocent man to spend a single day in jail

 
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