@gAlienLifeform to News • 1 year agoDNA evidence casts doubt on Henry Jamerson’s rape conviction after 24 years in prison in Oklahoma. Prosecutors are fighting efforts to clear his name.www.readfrontier.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8arrow-up1220arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkDNA evidence casts doubt on Henry Jamerson’s rape conviction after 24 years in prison in Oklahoma. Prosecutors are fighting efforts to clear his name.www.readfrontier.org@gAlienLifeform to News • 1 year agomessage-square8file-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem
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minus-square@FlordaManlink32•1 year agoHow low of a human being must you be to claim evidence has been destroyed when it hasn’t. The cop who told that under oath should be fired and put in jail, like anyone else would.
minus-square@CosmicTurtlelinkEnglish24•1 year ago“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Prosecutors are measured by convictions, regardless of whether they get it right.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoThe use of metrics to judge competency has always been a shell game.
How low of a human being must you be to claim evidence has been destroyed when it hasn’t. The cop who told that under oath should be fired and put in jail, like anyone else would.
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
Prosecutors are measured by convictions, regardless of whether they get it right.
The use of metrics to judge competency has always been a shell game.