Compensation For Time Served

[JeffW]

Of course I would love to see a law that would make it criminal for an investigator, or prosecutor to intentionally prosecute a person for a crime that they knew that person did not commit. And I would like to see that law backed up with prison time, and ENFORCED...

We have a law in Texas for that take care of rotten cops and lawyers. It may not be used quite often enough, but I have seen it used. Additionally, there are certain case law examples that may apply to people that have proven less than truthful in court. No sense in having a cop on the job if the courts have ruled he is not credible I say.

By and large most of us are hard working people trying to make a better life for some and to protect those that can not protect themselves.

[MilDoc]

Maybe as a result of this, more care will be taken in prosecuting those accused of a crime.
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I doubt it.

[MilDoc]

We all know there are issues with officers who have their minds set on a person, even to the point of ignoring evidence.

Prosecutors take their fair share of the blame. Relying on "jail house" witnesses, failing to disclose possibly exculpatory evidence as required by law, etc.

After appearing in court as an expert witness over 1,250 times (for both sides), I lost a lot of respect for the "Justice" system.

Ours is still better than most countries, but anyone who believes it is rarely wrong has watched too many TV shows.

[MilDoc]

That bit of evidence was not given to the defense.

Yep. CONVICTION is ALL.

[MilDoc]

It may not be used quite often enough, but I have seen it used.

That is an understatement. I've been in Tx 30 years and can count on 1.5 hands how often I've seen it applied.

Then we now have a governor that says an INNOCENT man executed a few years back was guilty. Right. And then he rigs the investigating committee so NO conclusion can be reached until after the elections.

One of many reasons I will NEVER support capital punishment, no matter what the crime. The innocent DEAD can not be compensated.

[LinuxRandal]

Prosecutors take their fair share of the blame. Relying on "jail house" witnesses, failing to disclose possibly exculpatory evidence as required by law, etc.

After appearing in court as an expert witness over 1,250 times (for both sides), I lost a lot of respect for the "Justice" system.

Ours is still better than most countries, but anyone who believes it is rarely wrong has watched too many TV shows.

I avoided prosecutors for a reason. One example, having a press conference about a bust, when people who had been flipped, were still working with undercovers, to follow up the ladder. In that case, IMHO, the prosecutor (borders on politics/censored), endangered lives.

As to your quote "justice", people need to realize why we call it the "legal" system, instead.