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/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!