r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fluffypocketbtw • 1d ago

Justice system..

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u/malybongo 1d ago

There’s a documentary about it on Netflix (if it’s still available) called “Long Shot”, it’s well worth a watch.

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u/botella36 1d ago

I just checked, and it is available.

Being accused and convinced of a crime that we did not commit could happen to any of us.

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u/troycerapops 1d ago

Much more likely now.

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u/littlebeach5555 1d ago

My son did 8.5 years for a petty theft turned Robbery 1 because the cops/DA lied. It can definitely happen.

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u/toooomanypuppies 1d ago

I hope he got a MASSIVE payout

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u/littlebeach5555 1d ago

Nope. He doesn’t want to sue. They tried to pin more charges on him, so he moved cross country.

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u/toooomanypuppies 1d ago

that's utterly sucks mate, sorry for you and your kid like. DA lying should be enough to get the fucks locked up themselves.

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u/littlebeach5555 1d ago

Thanks. When I told them I was getting a lawyer, they said “we got him a real lawyer!” It was the prosecutor that represented him.

This DA has been in trouble recently; so I’m going to call the innocence project. But my son was basically followed by feds, drones, etc till he left Maui.

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u/nagash321 1d ago

What's upsetting is that I don't blame him for not wanting to use cuz the chance of winning against them is slim and even then what u win would probably be less than what u pay for the lawyers and all that

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u/littlebeach5555 1d ago

And DAs are hardly ever held accountable; that means ALL of their cases come under scrutiny. The judicial system can’t afford that.

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u/nagash321 1d ago

Exactly they lose one case every other case comes into question so redoing all of them would take too much time and money

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u/sally_is_silly 1d ago

They tried to Steven avery his butt, smart on him to move

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u/Majestic_Impress6364 1d ago

How to radicalize the poor overnight and make the people actively distrust authorities.

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u/troycerapops 1d ago

I agree. And it's only more likely to happen now, not less.

I'm sorry your son had such an injustice against him.