1. @tanehisicoates is writing some useful tweets on the folly of using the criminal justice system as only & final arbiter of truth.
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4. The bar of evidence that a criminal court sets is very high, for very good reasons. We shouldn't jail people without strong certainty.
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5. Moreover, courts are not solely interested in getting at the truth. Also has competing goals such as social control & legitimizing state.
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@HeerJeet "Justice? - you get justice in the next world, in this world, you have the law." - Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own -
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@HeerJeet Here's the problem - you can't slur or other people for finding your surmise unreasonable. It has no legal force. -
@HeerJeet I have no interest in surmising, all are interested when media make joke of jury trial. How to find unaware jury? This is serious.
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