r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Justice system..

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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/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