So often the underlying convictions have unsettling implications — or explicit proof — of racism contained within them. They often are poor and had little (or bad) help in their initial defense.
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And yet, so often, those people come to their story with such grace and humility. And not just when they’re released. Throughout the process. I’m thinking about those people a lot.
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Many faced racist systems that set them up to fail, flubbed-at-best criminal trials and convictions, and harsh sentences that they served for years — yet maintain grace. I can’t get them out of my head when I think about Brett Kavanaugh’s performance last Thursday.
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One person in that situation is one too many.
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So what you’re saying is our justice system is no shining example of
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Here is a good reminder about fake accusations and the misidentification of the attacker.https://www.innocenceproject.org/?s=Rape&post_years=all …
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