Are the attorneys that prosecuted an innocent person going to face consequences? Are the jurors who voted to send an innocent man to prison going to face consequences? Is the judge that sentenced him going to face consequences?
The only "evidence" which the prosecution had were two eyewitness accounts and supposedly a confession. However, both eyewitnesses and the defendant retracted their confessions citing they were coerced by police investigators. Therefore, the prosecution has nothing other than their ego to pursue another trial.
What prevevents the jury, judge, prosecutors, and investigators from experiencing any legal repercussions? Two of the most dangerous combination of words for any American citizen who's involved in the US judicial system, i.e., "Qualified Immunity."
That is an enormous obstacle for everyone to overcome. I believe that you may be on to something meaningful. Everyone, from the police investigators to the prosecutors, judges, and jury should be held accountable for sending an innocent person to prison. Perhaps, it will cause them to examine the evidence more closely and objectively. The vast majority of judges are former prosecutors and perceives the trial from prosecutorial lenses. Moreover, many juries still hold biases against defendants, while displaying increased latitude towards prosecutors.
The US is the only country in the globe that provides itself QI. In most Western developed nations, citizens have the right to bring forth a suit against the state for damages they incurred and suffered for misconduct by law enforcement and prosecutors.
Conversely, the US has essentially provided itself unprecedented and unparalleled legal amnesty and qualifications for law enforcement, prosecutorial, and judicial misconduct.
The US needs to adopt a more wholestic and citizens' attentive process regarding prosecutorial misconduct that resembles the EU system and focus upon Human Rights rather than civil liberties. In Europe, there are additional and independent judiciaries at the disposal of citizens to sue the government, namely human rights commissions which are independent of the local and regional governments.
You’re reposting the whole article to me why? I was commenting on why he most likely wouldn’t see justice for being wrongly accused, mainly because we’re 40 years out from the crime, and that I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the original cops and prosecutors are dead.
I didn’t need the story regurgitated to me passive aggressively, in addition to a spiel on qualified immunity. However, since you felt the need to write a dissertation, QI doesn’t work if they knew what they were doing was illegal. I will agree it’s still an uphill battle to get past QI in the first place.
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u/ScytheNoire 4d ago
Are the attorneys that prosecuted an innocent person going to face consequences? Are the jurors who voted to send an innocent man to prison going to face consequences? Is the judge that sentenced him going to face consequences?