Comments on: Florida Sees Its 12th DNA Exoneree

By: Rick Scott: Limited Government Hero | The Agitator

Rick Scott: Limited Government Hero | The Agitator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:55:01 +0000

[...] Florida Gov. Rick Scott has saved Florida taxpayers a whopping $200,000 . . . by eliminating the state’s two-year-old Innocence Commission. [...]

By: DR CLARENCE W MOORE

DR CLARENCE W MOORE — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:23:27 +0000

This is another example of perverted justice in the USA! Politicians serve for a while as prosecutors (actually persecutors!), claiming all kinds of distorted and false credit, and then moving on to higher office, where they refuse to help the innocent who are incarcerated. We need to have laws requiring that judges, juries, prosecutors, informers, and others responsible for false incarceration spend, day-for-day, the same amount of time incarcerated as those who were falsely imprisoned. We may claim to be the most free nation on earth, but we have the highest percentage of our population behind bars of any nation on earth, including China, Cuba, Russia, Vietnam, Myanmar, etc. Why is it that NO ONE will listen to an innocent man who proclaims his innocence?? The famous “innocent until proven guilty” does NOT apply in the USA! Any fool can see that the rule is “guilty until proven innocent,” just because some disgruntled cop did not make his quota of tickets that day.

By: Boyd Durkin

Boyd Durkin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:11:12 +0000

“It isn’t our job to find innocent people in the prisons.”

And it isn't my job to constantly watch to make sure my foot isn't up your ass.

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:29:34 +0000

Innocence commission? Not on MY watch! :hic:

Sincerely,
Jeb Bush

By: Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:00:34 +0000

Since the DOJ is a “win at all costs” entity, one hardly can expect the same people to investigate “win at all costs” at the state level. THIS is the American “justice” system. There is no other.

All of this crap of “the system works” really is crap. The system does not work because of the moral hazard in the system; those entrusted with it do not have to worry about facing any sanctions for committing crimes. Thus, we see a line of work that attracts bullies and criminals.

As for this notion of “a few bad apples,” I have news for you cop and prosecutor enablers: the barrel is rotten.

By: Mattocracy

Mattocracy — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:22:16 +0000

Again, this is the DA and law enforcement manufacturing evidence and depriving people of their civil rights. Why are they not being investigated by the DOJ?

By: Light

Light — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:35:12 +0000

Aren’t these people liable for perjury on the stand and tampering with evidence? Isn’t that prison punishable crime?

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:23:00 +0000

His life has been destroyed. In some ways, he may as well have received the death penalty: the best years of his life pissed away forever. In the film “Unforgiven” Clint Eastwood said “killing a man is a hell of a thing; you take away all he has or ever will have.” What kind of life is this poor bastard going to have with the few years he has left in this world? What is he going to do at that age? There is nothing in this world that can fix this bloody abortion of justice. The $ is cold comfort for what he had to endure in prison as an identified molester. Some day the evil men who did this to him will have to answer for it; but not in this world.

By: Aresen

Aresen — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:37:51 +0000

This is a common refrain from state officials and prosecutors. “It isn’t our job to find innocent people in the prisons.”

Someone needs to explain to them that: “It isn’t our job to ~~find~~ put innocent people in the prisons.”