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I haven't listened to it yet, but why the fuck would that be a goal of the Innocence Project?
Because they're ideological radicals. "Innocence" might mean different things to different people. I'm not saying they are, I'm just curious.
I haven't listened to it yet, but why the fuck would that be a goal of the Innocence Project?
innocence projects most famous aquittalBecause they're ideological radicals. "Innocence" might mean different things to different people. I'm not saying they are, I'm just curious.
Is that the problem though? What they're calling "technicalities" there are our rights and civil liberties, as implemented in the law enforcement system. Without seeing specific cases it's hard to say, but if there's some cop falsifying evidence or some prosecutor violating the rights of the accused, fuck them. Why should I be upset about their bullshit being exposed?
Is that the problem though? What they're calling "technicalities" there are our rights and civil liberties, as implemented in the law enforcement system. Without seeing specific cases it's hard to say, but if there's some cop falsifying evidence or some prosecutor violating the rights of the accused, fuck them. Why should I be upset about their bullshit being exposed?


I remember first hearing about it and there were people in the US justice system gushing over it saying "oh wow, you mean some people may actually be innocent and it's not just bullshit to get out?". Like it was some massive revelation.I thought the Innocence Project episode was great. If you don't think our Justice system is fucked, then you must not be paying attention. It is fine to be skeptical, but at least give it a listen before you write them off.
Some of the cases they talk about are a pretty egregious miscarriage of justice. I am glad there are people out there willing to give of of their own personal time and money to help find the truth.
The Rob Lowe episode might be an all time top 10
They touched base on all the usual topics but I don't feel like they went in depth on anything, which is what I like to see.Yeah, I thought it was going to be another lame, "famous person" episode. But, when I saw it pop up on my podcast app at 3 hours long (most of the super famous actor types are 1-2 hours at most), I got intrigued.
Rob Lowe is down to earth as fuck and extremely cool. Fantastic episode.
They touched base on all the usual topics but I don't feel like they went in depth on anything, which is what I like to see.
Was nice seeing how much they had in common though.
I listened to the entire podcast with the Innocence Project dudes. I'm interested to see what you guys make of it. The San Francisco thing speaks to the more political (imo) portion of the podcast whent hey talked about the churn within the poor populations, just cycling people in and out of jail. Their point was that at some point you have to stop the cycle, with something. There has to be a balance with that, you have to protect people's property and lives of course. But I think the point of what they were saying is that the jails aren't filled with murderers and rapists, they're filled with drug crimes and parole violations and driving violations.
For all I know these guys had private villas on Epstein's island. But if you take what they say at face value, it's pretty inspiring. Two wealthy guys who could be doing anything devoting their lives to freeing people who were wrongfully convicted. Look at the stories of the people they've freed: The Innocence Project 2018: A record year in exonerations
The cash bail thing is something no one ever talks about but is incredibly fucked up.
when i was reading about them (cuz of making a muderer) i remember that half the cases they take on, are actually proven guilty with new dna, as in the guy said he didn't do it, but with new dna tech... yes that seamen is yours dude, you lied to us.I thought it was pretty good. I'm pretty sure things aren't as cut and dried as they make it out to be, but I think for the most part they're doing the lord's work.
I think most of the more general things they were talking about are true whether the person is guilty or not. Respect their rights, care more about solving the crime than just building stats, follow the law, etc.
He said they've gotten 30 guys off death row, wrongly convicted, in Florida alone. That's nuts.
