There is an all-too-common practice in our justice system known as Framing the Guilty. A police officer (or crime lab supervisor or medical examiner or district attorney) is convinced of a suspects guilt but fears the bastard will walk free. The police officer (or other administrator of justice) will therefore bury exculpatory evidence, manufacture or plant inculpatory evidence, coerce a false confession, or provide favorable treatment to a third party in exchange for false testimony. Since the dirtbag being framed is guilty, no harm is done. A greater harm would be to allow the sleaze ball to walk free so that he could rob or rape or kill again. Its okay because everyone does it. No need to lose any sleep over it. Right? Sometimes, however, the police arrest the wrong person. They are loath to admit it, but sometimes they do arrest the wrong person. Sometimes, district attorneys convict innocent defendants. They never admit it, but sometimes district attorneys do convict innocent defendants. In those cases of actual innocence, Framing the Guilty becomes Framing the Innocent. skepticaljuror/2014/04/framing-guilty-framing-innocent.html
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:24:11 +0000
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