alt Hacker NewsDoes that mean that every single conviction from before the days of forensic evidence is necessarily invalid?
If the argument is that forensic evidence decreases uncertainty, well, it certainly doesn’t eliminate uncertainty.
Convicting anyone of anything is a slippery slope. The only way to be truly sure is to never do it, ever.
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sidewndr46 • last Monday at 8:59 PM
The case was a shooting. It seemed remarkable they had neither a gun, spent cartridge cases, blood, flesh, wounds, or anything in the way of physical evidence.
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The standard of both investigations and the effectiveness of mostly part time police were pretty low. Most police were elected or appointed officials with deputized staff. The levels of training and professionalism were poor.
Why do you think many places would execute petty thieves? So few were caught generally speaking the punishment had to be severe.