r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Justice system..

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u/Woffingshire 1d ago

IIRC after basically begging the guy to remember if there was ANY evidence he had been at the game, since the CCTV footage had been thrown out as evidence for being too low-quality to say it was him, he eventually remembered that there was a camera crew he walked past on the way back from the bathroom.

The lawyer contacted the stadium who told him which network they were from, then he contacted the network and had to convince them to tell him what show it was for. Then he had to contact the producers of the show and beg them to let him see the unaired footage and it was just his luck that the accused guy just so happened to have been caught on camera for about 2 seconds of time-stamped footage as he walked past.

If they hadn't been rolling at the time he came back from the bathroom, or if he had taken a route that put him out of camera shot, there would have been no admissable evidence that he was at the game at the time of the murder.

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u/RoxieMoxie420 1d ago

not his ticket stubs or any purchase records from the game? They won't let his 6-year-old daughter corroborate he was at the game with her?

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u/BurntCash 1d ago

6 year old probably not a reliable witness. possession of a ticket stub doesn't prove he was there. Might not have kept any receipts.

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u/RoboModeTrip 1d ago

They take little kids words all the time though in other cases. Doesn't make sense to pick and choose.

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u/Rank_14 23h ago

Juries can often switch off their logical minds when it comes to certain kinds of crimes, especially sexual crimes.

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u/BurntCash 1d ago

police pick and choose which evidence to follow or ignore all the time.