1. Let's talk a bit about Rubin Carter & the limits of exoneration & reparations.
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2. Whenever someone convicted of a serious crime like murder is exonerated, there is an automatic lobby for maintaining guilt.
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3. Police & prosecutors hate admitting (especially to themselves) that they've screwed up. Same with their allies in politics & journalism.
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4. Policy/prosecutors/journalists/politicians get invested in narratives of guilt. For some, system depends on never admitting mistakes.
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5. Even if police knowingly frame someone, often do so thinking it's interest of justice: "we're framing a crook, for society's benefit"
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6. There's a lobby invested in idea Rubin Carter is guilty. Not just him. I've heard defenses of several wrongful convictions.
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7. Someone in Saskatchwan told me that the "full story" of David Milgaard isn't known and police had reasons to go after him.
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8. Or consider the continuing efforts to smear Robert Baltovich: http://www.torontolife.com/daily-dish/2008/04/25/rosie-dimannos-profoundly-wacky-campaign-against-robert-baltovich/ …
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9. Part of the problem here is relationship between cops & press. Crime reporting based on having good relations with cops.
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10. Often, crime reporting means cultivating deep ties with police, which impair ability to criticize cops or listen to counter-narratives
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11, What this means is that exoneration is rarely complete: even after declared innocent, wrongly accused face taunts, suspicion.
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12. In Rubin Carter case, we need to think not just about what the cops & prosecutors did but also the press coverage.
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13. Some of the local press in Carter case terrible, obviously in pocket of police/prosecutor. Later echoed by national rightwing press.
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