tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659708694983666028.post1270081662108722044..comments2024-03-07T05:32:33.294-05:00Comments on Wait A Second!: The jails are full of innocent peopleSecond Circuit Civil Rights Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06808477135354174644noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659708694983666028.post-74312612751034435462016-03-03T14:40:16.362-05:002016-03-03T14:40:16.362-05:00Actually, most inmates don't claim to be innoc...Actually, most inmates don't claim to be innocent. It is an urban legend that they all claim to be innocent.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are a lot of cops who lie. The lies aren't always merely to assure a conviction, but to anger the judge into giving the defendant a more severe sentence. Sometimes, a cop will lie because they don't like the defendant, for example, because the defendant has challenged the police in the past or the defendant was rude to the cops.<br /><br />It is normally easy for cops to lie and get away with it--after all who is the jury likely to believe: the cop trained in (and having lots of practice) how to appear believable or the defendant "who always claims to be innocent but is as guilty as sin" so always has a motive to lie because they are "all" guilty. If the defendant is perceived to be evil, the jury is even more likely to believe lies or overlook them. There are many more motives for police to lie, but you get the point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com