if you didn't commit a crime that you are accused of you don't have to worry about being convicted of that crime?
Basically that no or few persons in prison are innocent of the crime they committed...
2007-03-08 13:32:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Basically, you have two questions there. The first one is that I believe there are a very, very small percentage of persons in jail who did not commit the crime that they were convicted of. There are just so many safeguards built into the system that there are far more guilty persons found innocent than the other way around.
I don't believe that you have to be concerned with going to jail for a crime that you didn't commit. Most criminals in jail have a long record of violating the law. Most law abiding citizens will never get involved with our judicial system.
When I recently went to court with a person charged with leaving the scene of an accident - I was absolutely intrigued by the number of people there who knew the names of all the judges and prosecutors. They socialized in the hallways awaiting their turn to appear - talking and joking like this was a normal routine for everybody.
The more "experienced" ones were telling the first offenders exactly what to say, what to expect, how to get the charges dropped or lowered to a lesser charge and so on.
I got the gut feeling that this group, sooner or later, represented the next group to be populating our jails.
2007-03-08 13:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that if you did not commit the crime you need not worry about getting convicted. It all depends on the evidence against you and how it is presented by the prosecution, your defense, and how all is perceived by the jury; if you go to trial.
You could be absolutely innocent ~ no where near the scene of the crime ~ but evidence could prove otherwise, or you don't have evidence to back you up.
Too many people have been released from prison because new evidence has been found that has proven them innocent for me to believe that everyone found guilty deserves that distinction.
2007-03-08 21:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You can be wrognully convicted of a crime you didn't do.
On CNN news (the so called biased Jew controlled media according to the National Alliance.) It was revealed that some people are serving time for crimes which they didn't commit. One man was serving a life sentence for child rape. Even though the "evidence" that was used incourt was worthless and the "expert" testimony was automatically taken as 100% reliable and flawless by the inexperienced jury.
2007-03-08 21:47:34 · answer #3 · answered by sandwreckoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... I suppose there's always a much greater chance of someone being convicted if the prosecutor has evidence to back up their case.
But the judicial system is not perfect. I am sure that there have been instances in which an innocent person went to prison.
2007-03-08 21:41:46 · answer #4 · answered by Gordon Freeman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that, more then one person has been sent to prision for a crime they did not commit. With the new tests for DNA a lot of prisoner's have been released that were found guilty by a court of law and weren't. It also goes the other way some times, the person is guilty as sin but gets away with it.
So, it is by no means a perfect situation, but its all we have in place.
2007-03-08 21:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
many innocent people have been convicted.
i mean people who didn't do the crime they were convicted of.
it happens all the time for many reasons.
there are lots of factors besides guilt that can lead to a conviction.
2007-03-08 21:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by Sufi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋