I'm sitting here watching the E! show about the 2004 murder of Riley Fox, It just goes to show how often the "authorities" (authorities of what?) jump to conclusions just because they don't have an answer. People are so quick to jump on the band wagon just because the media and police say someone is guilty. Give me a break!
If people were to take the time to form their own opinions, based on their knowledge of a situation, instead of "adopting popular opinion" there would be fewer innocent people ran through the ringer in this country.
Think of how positive the investigators were in all of the cases from thirty and forty years ago that are now being proven innocent because of DNA.
If someone is familiar with the defending attorney they will likely be able to decide whether or not the client is guilty. The criminal attorney's that I personally know will not represent someone that they feel, or know, is guilty.
Another problem is that people that are accused of a crime are often interrogated, and threatened if they don't admit to the crime. Hello? Are we in the US or USSR? We have rights to not talk to the authorities without the presence of a lawyer, even if you know you're innocent, always ask for a lawyer, otherwise the police (who are often just grasping at straws) will take liberties they have no right taking.
It's amazing to me just how many people do not know that they do not have to speak with the police, child protective services, etc... No matter what they say, you have the RIGHT to not speak with them! A lot of people who are in prison, or have done time in jail, or have had to go through costly trials, knew they were innocent and erroneously assumed that the police would realize they were not guilty of anything. Something to keep in mind.... Unless the police have someone they would rather pin a crime on, they will take the easiest out, which could well be a very innocent person!
Our judicial system is flawed, to say the least. Innocent people have to defend themselves at their own cost, just to prove they are innocent! That's just wrong. Then after they go through a long and expensive trial (which they pay for with their money, reputation, sometimes a job, sometimes family... the cost is astronomical), the jury unanimously finds them Not Guilty, some people still won't admit that the person must be innocent, etc...
People should always reserve judgment, because one day it could well be them that is being accused of something that they would never in a million years even think of doing.
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