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Prosecutorial Oversight: New York City event - Hour One

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Prosecutorial Oversight: New York City event - Hour Two

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And you wonder why things just don't change. How can we expect lawyers, prosecutors and judges to expose one of their own? It's no different than the "blue wall of silence" in law enforcement. Everyone has each others back! They know better than anyone that accountability will kill their ability to operate and control the system. A defendant stands alone against a system that is designed and allowed to protect itself and that is immune from all accountability. How can anyone be assured fair treatment when, as John Thompson puts it, "you just water down the misconduct and makes it a harmless mistake"! Sure they are sad that Thompson lost many good years of his life and how it nearly cost him his life, but you know, the judge has a case load of 2oo cases and it's really not possible to read all the discovery and that perhaps prosecutors need more training on how to ensure that they don't impede upon someones' constitutional rights and their presum...

Prosecutorial Oversight: John Thompson and his fight for justice (You Tube)

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How many will it take before we start to see the truth?

Take a moment to read this article: How wrongful convictions happen People need to start reading these types of articles and delving into the true facts of how real wrongful convictions are and what is truly allowing them to happen. There are new stories and articles everyday about someone who has been either falsely accused or wrongfully convicted and are fighting to "unscrew" the unjust screwing that has brought them to where they are. The drama that the media and TV programs portray is far from the reality of what is really going on in the world we live in. It's not about hard evidence that makes a case or protects the innocent. It's the presentation of a mind twisting scenario based much in assumptions and innuendos that your mind eventually accepts as the truth! There has been so much valid exposure of wrong doing by our justice system that is based upon hard evidence; yet the public continues to trust that every strand of hair or any speck of blood will be sou...