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Originally Posted by KirStang
That's a lot of hyperbole...
Remember the whole standard of proof, which falls on the government to prove (beyond a reasonable doubt)..
Not to mention all the procedural errors that police can make, resulting in excluded evidence...
Yes, I am pissed off innocent ppl get convicted. But I will not presume that prosecutors and judges are all a part of a culture that willfully shortchanges the system.
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that's a shame then, because that's exactly what they do when they instruct the jury that they must judge a case on the facts alone according to the law, as the judge tells them it is. no mention of judging the law itself or the application thereof.
It used to be our system where we demanded the highest degree of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, all we do is determine if the facts are decent enough to vote guilty.
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