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Old 09-01-2015, 11:29 AM   #760
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That may be the case. But our justice system recognizes that wrongful convictions are catastrophic, and sets the onus of proof high enough that the number of guilty who go free is far higher than the number of innocent who are convicted. That's intentional and expected.
Agreed. But it is also our system that separates the policing from the judge/jury. I still don't see what is particularly scary about the handling of this particular crime, unless you see a much higher incident of false accusations, or a conspiracy by the police to push charges when they are not warranted. I don't think either is true. I would be curious if there are more instances of overturned cases for sexual assault. That might have been true with the advent of DNA testing, but not so sure now.
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