Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:29:05 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's in my hard drive? How can I get rid of it? Message-ID: <20150219102905.10e127b2@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <CAFKhKgqh6m1SUoF94RVKvjutFBSo0zTEC8hoONmRuJfp2v81CQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <54E39F83.70002@gmail.com> <mc0ad5$qu2$1@ger.gmane.org> <20150218173047.GA53030@slackbox.erewhon.home> <20150218184227.GC26575@neutralgood.org> <20150219132221.b5d14e68.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150219081839.1a4c0359@scorpio> <20150219150612.88c2b0d0.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAFKhKgqh6m1SUoF94RVKvjutFBSo0zTEC8hoONmRuJfp2v81CQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:29:06 -0600, Andrew Gould stated: > Having been a juror for a murder trial (in the US), I was pleasantly > surprised by the efforts made by the court to give jurors good and clear > instructions about the consideration of evidence. I was also pleased, > during deliberations, that my fellow jurors used those instructions to keep > the discussion of evidence within its proper boundaries. My experience may > not have been the norm; but it certainly wasn't like anything I've seen in > the movies. One of the best explanations I have ever heard regarding justice vs. law was given by a college law professor.He stated that if our legal system was really about justice and not law then there would be no such thing as the "Exclusionary rule" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary_rule>. Prosecutors keep their jobs by convicting people. Police detectives advance by closing cases. Rarely, if ever, is the innocents or guilt of the individual ever questioned. I was involved in a case in the early 80's where an individual I knew personally was convicted of an armed burglary and sentenced to 10 years. He had a record of drug abuse charges and was an easy target for the police. I knew he was innocent because he was with me at the time of the crime. Explaining the case here would take way to much time; however, suffice to say the police blackmailed the only other witness who could state where the supposed perpetrator was with the full and complete support of the DA's office. --- Jerry
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