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BunLife t1_jb5s5lm wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Police arrest suspect in rape of woman on the Upper West Side by dosmey

That is true, but for the Central Park Five there was no physical evidence that connected any of the teens to the scene.

I was thinking more in a situation where there is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. (Eg. clear video footage used to identify the individual and victim hospital records assuming she had a rape kit test done)

This suspect also got an ROR for the exact same type of sexual assault.

I understand it's due process, but damn.. feels like we're failing our citizens

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Rottimer t1_jb5zp4l wrote

Even video evidence can be questionable. There was a black man arrested for robbing places because his own mother turned him in after thinking she recognized him in video footage on the news.

Turns out it was a white man in a realistic mask.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/white-man-lifelike-black-mask-evade-arrest-robberies/story?id=12288529

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ketzal7 t1_jb8x0we wrote

Damn imagine your own mother turning you in without even knowing you had done it for sure.

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