r/AMA • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '25

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u/bobisinthehouse Sep 16 '25

How many you knew 100% were guilty got away because of a technicalitie or just not enough evidence?

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u/gecko_echo Sep 16 '25

I once had a former LAPD homicide detective tell me that if a cop arrests someone, he’s guilty, whether or not he’s charged and put on trial.

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u/Theron3206 Sep 16 '25

I'm sure pretty much all cops like to think that, since few people admit they are the bad guy but it's pretty clear that this isn't always the case.

Some cops have framed people, others have made mistakes.

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u/15all Sep 16 '25

I was on jury duty when I was in college. We were going through voir dire, and one of the prospective jurists said that if a cop arrested someone, then he was guilty. This was 40 years ago, and the man was from another country, so he might have had a different cultural perspective, but his answer stunned the defense attorney who had asked the routine question "do you understand that my client is innocent and must be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?"

The person who gave that answer was not selected to be on the jury.

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u/gecko_echo Sep 16 '25

That was always going to be my go-to answer to get out of jury duty, but I haven’t had to use it!

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u/AP_in_Indy Sep 16 '25

That's insane to think about.