Quantum Windbag
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- May 9, 2010
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I have a lot of friends who are a bit less than incensed that innocent people are in prison. They seem to have the idea that it is a lot worse that a guilty person goes free than that an innocent person spends time in jail. Let us examine what really happens when an innocent person spends time in jail.
The police, and everyone else, stops looking for the guilty person. This means that every time an innocent person gets arrested and convicted at least one guilty person goes free. that means that because the prosecutor in this case convinced a jury that this guy committed the crime, even though evidence at the time excluded him, a child molester was able to continue walking the streets and victimizing others.
Tell me, how can you not care?
The police, and everyone else, stops looking for the guilty person. This means that every time an innocent person gets arrested and convicted at least one guilty person goes free. that means that because the prosecutor in this case convinced a jury that this guy committed the crime, even though evidence at the time excluded him, a child molester was able to continue walking the streets and victimizing others.
Tell me, how can you not care?