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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
I also don't understand why they'd do it. They aren't the ones who look bad with open cases.
I can see on some level why they might seek advantages in trying to convict someone they believed to be guilty, but why with someone they knew to be innocent?
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Because all they care about is a conviction. I work as a prosecutor in juvenile court right now and I'm not going to tell you about my cases because it's illegal, but I've seen it done.
Here's one example, from one of my boyfriend's clients: Dude is charged with criminal damage to property because there was a building with the windows smashed. Dude was walking down the street near the building and had some cuts on his hand because he works on an assembly line and a piece of equipment was faulty. Dude's boss and dude's coworkers are all willing to testify he was at work. Rather than drop the charges, the DA railroads him into pleading down to disorderly conduct.
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