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DNA Tests Clear Wrongfully Convicted Half-Brothers After 30 Years

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The left has ideology and the right has ideology. Whenever either side interprets anything, they like to put their spin on it.
 
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Roberts is the chief justice; Scalia is a Supreme Court justice.
 
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Meantime, a little girl never got the chance to see lots of things that other little girls get to see
Very true and very sad. But that is not the result of either f these two men so why should they continue to be punished for it?
 
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And had it been available, the only thing the jurors could have been told was that someone dropped a cigarette butt near the crime scene
No, they would have been told that DNA found at the crime scene did not match either of the defendants.
 
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Allegations of misconduct which is common in such cases just like the recanting of confessions. The prosecutor and the officer doing the interview stand by the process and the confessions
Of course they do. Do you expect them to break down in tears and say "Yes judge, we forced those confessions for which two innocent men spent 30 years in prison"?
 
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Allegations of misconduct which is common in such cases just like the recanting of confessions. The prosecutor and the officer doing the interview stand by the process and the confessions


They darned well better stick to their stories.

The current DA does not stand by it, however. He did not oppose releasing the defendants because the DNA "threw the confessions under the bus". I linked to that in an earlier post, which you apparently did not catch.

That said, your reasons for deflecting every piece of new evidence information is beyond logic and reason, IMHO.

So, I'm outta this thread.
 
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Funny thing is that the police and prosecutors have stood by their stories whereas the convicts have not. Interesting
 
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Funny thing is that the police and prosecutors have stood by their stories whereas the convicts have not. Interesting

When was the last time you heard cops fess up they used coercion, to get a confession out of mentally handicapped teens?

Now, that would be interesting.
 
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When was the last time you heard cops fess up they used coercion, to get a confession out of mentally handicapped teens?

Now, that would be interesting.
Noting that said coercion has not been substantiated
 
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If they were denied access to a lawyer and they were mentally disabled, then it is actually rather likely that the confessions were the result of coercion.

Quite true.

Mentally disabled teens being questioned by cops, without any legal representation?

Sure, sounds like the right way to get a confession to me.
 
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