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Sutton freed because of faulty DNA evidence in rape case
The Houston Chronicle ^ | March 12, 2003 | Roma Khanna & Steve McVicker

Posted on 03/12/2003 2:07:52 PM PST by Illbay

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I don't know that I buy your truism. I think in the end it's a toss-up.

If they have to be weighted against each other, I would rather see some guilty go free than to overlook police misconduct. Sometimes you just don't know if an individual is guilty. At any rate, we have a press and the internet that can argue this at will.

21 posted on 03/13/2003 8:58:25 AM PST by js1138
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I would rather see some guilty go free than to overlook police misconduct.

A false dichotomy. If a policeman exhibits misconduct, then he has committed a crime and needs to go in the dock along with the criminal.

I do NOT AGREE with releasing a criminal SOLELY because of police misconduct. That is unduly punishing society, which is innocent of any wrongdoing in the matter.

22 posted on 03/13/2003 9:03:47 AM PST by Illbay (Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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I don't know that I buy your truism. I think in the end it's a toss-up.

If the criminal is the Colombian drug cartel, you don't stand much chance either way. But I know I would rather have my door kicked in by a couple of scumbags I can shoot at rather than the Houston Police Department and their crime lab.

The irony of this case is that Sutton and his whole family are no doubt ardent supporters of Brown, Bradford, and their ilk whose incompetence and corruption sent Sutton to prison wrongfully. And they will go on supporting the same corrupt pols who prey on them.

23 posted on 03/13/2003 9:04:57 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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I do NOT AGREE with releasing a criminal SOLELY because of police misconduct.

I can agree with this, but if the police have actually manufactured evidence in a case, you will not get a jury to convict.

24 posted on 03/13/2003 11:29:01 AM PST by js1138
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It depends. For example, is ALL the evidence "manufactured" or just some?

A recent story indicates that the "evidence" that Iraq has an active nuclear weapons program was probably fabricated.

Do we bring the troops home, then?
25 posted on 03/13/2003 11:31:41 AM PST by Illbay (Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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Do we bring the troops home, then?

Interesting question. Bush and the Republicans better be sure about the majority of their claims. If we go in and Saddam turns out to be uncle fuzzy, we are in deep doodoo. But that is beside the point. Wars are fought for compelling reasons of national interest, and are judged by history, not courts.

26 posted on 03/13/2003 11:50:38 AM PST by js1138
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