Originally Posted by tableplay View Post
Originally Posted by Bob21 View Post
Everytime he (from the press) points out an example of someone who was freed from prison who supposedly was wrongly convicted, I look into and find the person was really freed due to some technicality or they got some witness to recant some statement, not because he is innocent.
That's quite a streak of finding only those freed for the reasons stated above in your post, as a significant number of people who are wrongly convicted are freed based on DNA evidence.
I’m not going to get into this here, because this is very involved. Please spend some time doing your own research on this.

I have spent quite a bit of my own time researching this since this is my brother’s “hot botton” issue. All these people freed on “DNA evidence” is not what you think. Again, spend some of your own time researching these cases. You’ll be surprised by what'll you find. Remember, come at it with an open mind.

When someone is convicted of murder or some other major crime, this is done by a jury of their peers. Do you really think only one piece of evidence puts them away? Again, use some common sense here. There is a group called “The Innocence Project” who are basically leftwing nuts trying to free guilty people.

I’m not saying our justice system hasn’t ever made a mistake. Of course it has. Since it’s run by people, and people aren’t perfect, of course mistakes have been made. But not near to the degree you see in the press. The press makes it seem like most people in prison are innocent.

Also, some of the people freed based on so called DNA evidence have a rap sheet a mile long. So even if they got this one wrong, they probably should be serving time in prison for one of the other crimes they’ve done. I know in our system you can’t use a person past criminal record against them.

I’m not a fan of the mainstream press. They have an agenda, and since most people are lazy, most people believe what they write. Most of their stories are slanted and don’t tell the whole story. The good news is we have the internet where we can do our own research.