I don't even practice criminal law, but before I got into law, I naively thought prosecutors only bring cases based on facts. I had no idea how shady cops and prosecutors can be -- or, that once that case is in the door, it's a numbers and political game for prosecutors. I used to work with a good criminal defense lawyer and he said on several occasions, he has had cops joking with him right after testimony about how they lied on the stand. That is ---ing horrifying. Feds are a whole other issue -- kicking in doors when they could just subpoena documents.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 1/19/22 at 10:00 am to Bunk Moreland

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and he said on several occasions, he has had cops joking with him right after testimony about how they lied on the stand.

This happens a LOT more than people realize.

And it's not even that they're inherently evil (although some are), it's just that they're caught up in their own "system". They would likely have to implicate other officers involved in the lie, and they hate breaking through the blue wall.

And a lot of this bullshite isn't over violent criminals like in OP. Most of it is stupid drug bullshite or borderline DWIs that probably shouldn't be a crime. But, they have to keep enforcing/prosecuting or the money train ends and people start getting fired.

*ETA: my local prosecutors are very reasonable about BS but if you go outside of my jurisdiction it can get very dicey very quickly. I have one outside my main base where the ADA admitted to me a few weeks ago that they had no evidence against my guy. Before he got an attorney they were trying to just force a plea.

This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 10:09 am

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