Imagine If They Did This to You

by | Nov 18, 2016

Imagine If They Did This to You

by | Nov 18, 2016

Young man’s baby dies. Rodricus Crawford. Lawless thug DA puts him on death row.

The judge let this happen. Twelve jurors joined in the conspiracy. All that Public Relations about the Bill of Rights and fair trials meant nothing.

Appeals court let him go eventually, but that should be considered a fluke and totally unreliable outcome.

A Harris County, Texas ADA in my cab one time told me their slogan was “If they really didn’t do it, they’ll get out on appeal” — meaning that anyone the cops brought them, they put away without question, fuck ’em.

Of course once someone is convicted now the burden of proof is on them not to show innocence, but a corrupt court process or bad science or another technicality. Finality is so important to the criminal court system, you understand. We can’t just have false convictions being turned over willy-nilly now, it might call into question the state’s right to hold its monopoly on security.

Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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