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By: Maxzine

Maxzine — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 05:31:16 +0000

I have never been able to find the trial transcripts. They were at one time very expensive and took a long time to produce. I would be ever so interested In reading them. Also Faith Watts I did read where she was interrogated and not by choice of her own. She was reluctant and evasive. Somehow they disappeared as well. Corrupt Media for sure. Look at the USA that has a President In power only by the power of corrupt media.

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 21:16:01 +0000

Hi Richard, thanks so much for your comment. You wrote:

“Sometimes I get the impression that the system gets confused as to what “ends” are.”

That seems to be the crux of it all right. And I think it is various “ends” or a combination of many. I would highly recommend reading Justice MacFarlane’s paper if you have time. I am not convinced, yet, that there is an increase in wrongful convictions, but that more of us are standing up against them, and that the internet gives people more opportunity to explore cases in more detail, discuss cases and use social media as a way to fight against wrongful convictions.

I do hope that those who cause this type of harm within the legal system are punished. But so far, it is because they are not that this pattern of accusing and conviction innocent people carries on. Did you see the article about the ex-prosecutor now judge in Texas that was charged for putting an innocent man away for 25 years? All he got was 10 days in jail, 500 hours of community service and lost his license. He will still get to collect his pension — a pension that would have been aided by a wrongful conviction that likely advanced him in his career. Very pathetic, and does not properly punish him for the crime. I mean, Michael Morton, lost 25 years of his life behind bars. It’s an atrocity just like the many other wrongful convictions. I think that Canada does have more checks and balances that reduces wrongful convictions, but they still happen here as we can see from Nyki Kish’s case.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/ex-texas-prosecutor-who-convicted-innocent-man-of-wifes-1986-murder-agrees-to-10-days-in-jail-231191911.html

And YES, they should get held over a barrel, so to speak. If more of these people were charged appropriately for their crimes, then I suspect a lot less of them would take short cuts or do devious things to get their career-making convictions.

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By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:21:06 +0000

I’d heard about this story from a friend in the USA. He, as I, were skeptical about the girls innocence, at first. But when we looked at the trial transcripts, we were both pretty much aghast at the rediculous, unwarranted, unsubstantiated conclusions the judge made. I have to wonder at it all. Over time I’ve tried to keep my impartiality and observe events on a general level. There seems to be a kind of deterioration in systems and institutions, though there could be many things to account for it. You have these different motto’s that are bandied about, like “the ends justify the means” and you wonder if anyone’s considered what the “ends” should be. Sometimes I get the impression that the system gets confused as to what “ends” are. For them it might be, as suggested earlier in your article, the quelling of the masses. Or, in some instances, satisfying them to gain votes. Fame. Fortune. But justice? Justice may inflame the masses. In this case, I’d hope it would, for any potential Nyki in the future, and to get recompense for her when this mess gets straightened out. Shouldn’t those responsible also be meeted out some justice? It’s often touted as the great discourager. But will they get held over the barrel?

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By: Playing Dirty: A Tale of False Charges | Tasers...

Playing Dirty: A Tale of False Charges | Tasers... — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:38:31 +0000

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 06:52:23 +0000

Isn’t it though? The media distortion is one thing, but I am beginning to wonder more and more just how much law enforcement or prosecutors are intentionally using the media. What I realized from doing this research is that it gets done behind the scenes. When I came across the first two articles about this “false” charge, I had no real reason to believe they were “false” except that I knew more about the case than what was being distributed in the media. I “knew” something was off about what I was reading. Thankfully, I had the sources. But, what galls me, is that I think some law people are using the media this way purposefully to manipulate the public and due process. HUGE red flags for me. I kind of suspected it, but this proved it to me without a doubt!

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By: Playing Dirty: A Tale of False Charges | WRONGF...

Playing Dirty: A Tale of False Charges | WRONGF... — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 04:59:51 +0000

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By: spotted couch

spotted couch — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:14:04 +0000

Indeed. The charge never transpired from what I can tell because it was baseless. But that someone could charge something and then perpetuate it in the media before it stood before the judge is a whole other disturbing reality. My question: (and the answer is obvious) who tipped off the media and why? We know the answer to that one as well. I am completely okay with transparency in public trials, but not when it gets abused by the law enforcement or the media!

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By: Pitchforks

Pitchforks — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 01:32:01 +0000

Sadly this is becoming a routine reality, particularly in high-profile cases, and it goes by because many members of the public are gullible and more swayed by easy, primitive emotion than by dispassionate intelligent analysis. The brazen blatancy of so much media distortion and slander of defendants indicates a confidence that so many people are intellectually lazy and morally unsophisticated. Very disturbing reflection on how the “modern” human species is evolving – downward.

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By: arbeyconlon

arbeyconlon — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 23:38:11 +0000

It just seems to be so easy to create evidence that suits the purpose of the investigator in this or any other case. I doubt the average ‘beat cop’ would be able to pull this off without supervision from a superior. There are too many cases that clearly show a lack of training by police and prosecutors are just to overworked to have their cases thrown out because the evidence was/is shoddy at best. Maybe it’s just easier to be a criminal with a uniform.

We all know by now that the media isn’t about the truth anymore… with so many stations and networks facing lower ratings and declining ad revenue, it only goes to motive. The more outrageous, bloody, despicable the story or the ‘crime’ the more attention these ‘news stations’ get, the more ad revenue is generated.

It’s all about the money.

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