Nym90
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« on: March 08, 2009, 02:58:49 PM » |
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Given the burden of proof required for conviction, maybe 1%.
It's a lawyer's duty to recommend a plea bargain if there is a high probability of the defendant being convicted, even if they are innocent; a lawyer's job is to get the best possible outcome for his or her client, not to stand on moral principle (which is, of course, much of the reason why the profession is held in such high disdain).
Yeah, eyewitness testimony is pretty unreliable. In both directions.
But yeah, lots of people are behind bars that shouldn't be, even if they are technically guilty. Drug crimes and all that.
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