drcrypt - 2014-01-23
I went to school with his daughter growing up. One of the biggest miscarriages of justice in American history.
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Grandmaster Funk - 2014-01-23
And women leaders conspired to keep him in prison after his exoneration. The white woman's injustice system strikes again.
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EvilHomer - 2014-01-23 She didn't want to be seen as soft on the wrongfully convicted.
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EvilHomer - 2014-01-23 Can anyone find some first-hand writings from either then-governor Jane Swift or DA Martha Coakley, who seems to have been the primary instigator behind Swift's decision to refuse the parole board's recommendation? I've dug up a lot of vitriolic speculation, but almost nothing from the horse's mouth, which is odd seeing as Martha Coakley is now the Attorney General of Massachusetts. (the Rape Culture Crusader angle, while intriguing, doesn't really seem to hold water, as Wikipedia cites at least one other rape case in which Ms Coakley controversially FAVORED a rapist, albeit a rapist cop)
The nearest I can find to an explanation for Smith and Coakley's behavior, is a short blurb from one of Ms Coakley's press agents:
"It's not a question of continued punishment for (Mr Amirault's) past conviction. It's a question of whether or not he's a dangerous person in the future."
...which is one of the most depressing and dystopian things I've ever heard, even by Masshole standards.
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EvilHomer - 2014-01-23
Oh God, 6:40-6:56
Bullshit-to-English Translation: Oops, my bad!
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BorrowedSolution - 2014-01-23
So it's Satanic Panic Week again?
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BorrowedSolution - 2014-01-23 I know there were no mentions of Satanic ritual abuse here, but that's about the only way this differs from all the other cases.
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dairyqueenlatifah - 2014-01-23
I can't even imagine what I'd feel like doing if I was falsely convicted of raping kids and made to sit in prison for 18 years over it.
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SteamPoweredKleenex - 2014-01-23 I'd sue the holy-rolling shit out of everyone involved, especially the ones who coached the kids. After that, maybe write a book or two.
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kamlem - 2014-01-23
If anyone hasn't seen Jagten - The Hunt (2012), I would recommend it. It was one of the best films I saw last year, and deals with this topic.
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