5. Underlying Moynihan's piece is idea that the wrongfully convicted only deserve sympathy if they are saintly.
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6. Moynihan's assumption is not unlike belief that rape victims deserve sympathy only if they are cloistered virgins.
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7. What's the evidence Carter was a murderer? Local newspaper reporter has "amassed a vast online archive" detailing case against Carter
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8. Fortunately, we live in a society where it takes more than a website created by a local reporter to prove someone is killer.
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9. Moynihan's arguments are familiar. I've known several cases of convicted criminals who have been exonerated but are still presumed guilty
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10. The sociology of the presumption of guilt that still hangs over the wrongfully convicted is worth exploring.
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11. When police & prosecutors go after felon, they become invested in the case: their reputations (personal and institutional) are staked.
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12. When conviction of a criminal is challenged, police, prosecutors and their allies see it as a threat to the existing order.
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13. 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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@MichaelMcGough3 Agree -- I think focus on wrongly convictions ignores much larger problems in criminal justice system.
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