Monsters working for the state that falsify evidence and/or knowingly use that to help obtain convictions of innocent people deserve to be sentenced to two years for each year their victims unjustifiably served. If what they lied about results in an execution, they deserve to pay the ultimate price.
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[Via Michael G]
I think even a failed attempt to frame an innocent victim merits a sentence of 10x what the victim would have gotten if they got away with it.
ReplyDeleteThey expect to get away with it, they almost always do, and when they're eventually caught nobody is interested in prosecuting them for it, perhaps because your average persecuting attorney is more despicable than your average dirty cop.
I was thinking this even before I saw it in the article:
ReplyDelete"Local lawyers insisted that he was cooperating with the district attorney and providing whatever evidence was needed to produce a conviction.”
Anybody who assumes that these people are “loner avenging angels” are being naive. My guess is that they are routinely pressured or even extorted in some fashion into committing these crimes, then are offered up as the sole patsy when thos crimes are uncovered.
Prosecutors - including U.S. Attorneys - should be put in the general population sections of prison when they are convicted of such abuses. Innocent victims of their misconduct get raped, beaten, and killed in prison. Why shouldn't they suffer the same risks?
ReplyDeleteI read years ago of a U.S. Attorney laughing while telling a co-worker, "I don't care if I get a conviction. I'll just bankrupt him [the person being prosecuted] with court costs and legal fees." This is especially true with asset forfeiture, where the burden of proof is on the victim of the forfeiture, not the U.S. attorney, law enforcement agency, or the court, and where it costs thousands of dollars just to file to get your money and/or property back.
Put those convicted of these types of misconduct in prison. Then buy a carton of cigarettes for their cellmate. Every week.