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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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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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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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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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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      14. 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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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      15. Or consider the continued smearing of the exonerated Robert Baltovich: http://www.torontolife.com/daily-dish/2008/04/25/rosie-dimannos-profoundly-wacky-campaign-against-robert-baltovich/ …

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      16. Part of the problem here is relationship between cops & press. Crime reporting based on having good relations with cops.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      17. Often, crime reporting means cultivating deep ties with police, which impair ability to criticize cops or listen to counter-narratives

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      18. What this means is that exoneration is rarely complete: even after declared innocent, wrongly accused face taunts, suspicion.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      19. 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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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      20. 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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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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      21. My earlier thoughts on National Post article smearing Carter are relevant:https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/457937028449964032 …

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      2. Movie "The Hurricane" (1999) came out while I was working for the National Post. Ken Whyte, Post editor, hated movie & Carter.
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014

      22. Ex-wife of David Milgaard (wrongfully convicted & completely exonerated) tells me she still has people who tell her he was guilty.

      7:10 PM - 21 Apr 2014
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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          23. Tweet from David Milgaard's ex is worth pondering: https://twitter.com/NellaLou/status/458013890987573248 …

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Apr 2014
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          24. The upshot is that the wrongfully convicted, even when evidence exonerating them is overwhelming, still bear the taint of guilt

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