I will grant you that miscarriages do occur, but they are not the norm, and they are not accepted by the hundreds of thousands of LE officers, detectives, investigators, prosecutors and deputy DAs in this country. There is a controlling ethic that permeates most of LE, although there are the rogue cops and DAs such as Liefong and Gottlieb preying on the public to make a name for themselves at any cost to individuals and society.
I'm just asking that people be careful with their rhetoric on this subject. It does nobody any good to be unaware that these cases do happen, but it also does nobody any good to believe that the entire system is corrupt everywhere because it most certainly is not. Another point to consider is that there is a difference between a mistake and the corruptions of deliberately railroading the innocent or turning a blind eye to the criminal acts of those favored by the LE officials for whatever reason. The system is run by human beings and no investigation and no prosecution is ever letter-perfect, but that is a far cry from deliberate corruption. Even with minor mistakes and oversights, we still manage to send a whole lot of bad, evil people to prison in the furtherance of justice and protection of the public.
When it comes to the activities of LE, I think that vigilance is a healthy and necessary process because of the powers we entrust LE with, but that does not and should not equate to suspicion or outright condemnation.
There is a strong feminist element controlling the justice system. False allegations are VERY common and practically encouraged by the DAs and judges in this country because in many, many cases they refuse to prosecute those.
Look I been there, done that, and I got the tee-shirt. Things are not as rosey as you are painting it - there is a very serious crisis of justice in this country. Why do you think this case touched such a raw nerve?
Well, said. I used to believe it with all my heart -- came from a long line of L.E., but things have changed in St. Louis (one grandfather actually installed [i.e. developed the electric lock system in the original City Jail, so I've been told, and the other served on the force] have uncles who served for 52 years on the force,cousins still serving, married the son of an officer, was placed in the playpen along side him at the clubhouse on the river on Sundays when we were babies -- probably bonked him on the head with my rattle, work at a law firm now. I'd like to believe again that what I came from still exists, but the sad fact is, I don't.