I live in a small town in Wisconsin, and have seen how the cops are. They don't care if the person is innocent, they will make things up to make them guilty. The courts don't care to hear the truth, it's all about putting them in prison and making a name for themselves. The DA's here are ruthless. They will do anything to win a case. ANYTHING!!

It is probably like that everywhere. When my son was arrested years ago, in a MN suburb, they sat there for 6 hours grilling him, asking him the same questions over and over again, trying to scare him into confessing. Thinking if they kept on him, he would rat on his friends. Even told him that his friends ratted on him. He didn't let them sway him at all. His friends had NOT said anything that he supposedly did. But he ended up in prison for it all, anyway.

Makes you wonder how many innocent people are incarcerated, how many families lives are ruined in so many ways by this.

Makes you wonder if any time we could be next, and we did nothing wrong. You never know.

I'd like to think that there is a special place in hell for all of the officers, procecution, and judges that are involved in this behavior.

Although I don't agree with all the problems arising with the people doing bad things to police, maybe people have just become so angry that they can't be trusted. They may be going about it in the wrong way, but not always do people think logically about how to handle situations.
Cops, courts, DA's and all the rest in the justice system seem to be above the law and can do whatever they want.
If a person is truly guilty of a terrible crime, without a shadow of a doubt, yes they should suffer the consequences. But too many times arrests aren't justified, and cops are getting away with too much and the courts condone it.

Look at Rodney king. It's no wonder the people blew up the whole darn town. With the video tape of his beating, those sorry cops walked. I'm just disgusted. I have no faith in any law enforcement personnel. And that's a shame too, I remember when I was young I had so much faith in our country, our system, I thought we were so far beyond these other countries. After all America is "land of the free." Obama made a comment about the situation with Steve Avery. He said it was an issue at the state level. You can't tell me that the president of the United states can not step in. Surely he can do something for these innocent men

People in this country have been raised on such terms as "justice", the "justice system" and with the idea that there is a semblance of fairness in our criminal justice system. As Americans, we are taught early in life that America represents "truth, justice, and fairness for all." Don't believe that for a minute. As Joe Biden would say, "that is just a bunch of malarkey."

We want to believe that our court system is one that is rarely infallible. The sad truth is that our criminal justice system is very imperfect and mistakes are common. This infallibility is one reason the death penalty should be abolished, since executing a person---a state sponsored "murder"----in a democracy is unacceptable.

We do not have a justice system. What we have is a LEGAL system---defined by laws and not abstract concepts such as justice----and they are two distinct concepts.

A legal system truly is blind as fairness or injustices depend on the people who are involved with the system. Therefore, when you have a system which includes prosecutors who are not driven by a sense of justice but rather by garnering convictions----even for the innocent----at any costs and by any means, the system becomes uneven. A defendant in a criminal trial, or even one that pleads, is at a terrible disadvantage.

A "justice" system would denote a sense of fairness for both the defendant and the victim, but many times there is no fairness at all.

We have a legal system which is an adversarial system that pits two opposing forces-----the state or the prosecution against the accused----and whichever side can convey the most compelling story will be victorious.

Justice, guilt, or innocence has nothing to do with it.

Sometimes the justice system works well and the guilty are convicted, but sometimes the facts are in favor of even the innocent, and they will be unjustly convicted. But most injustices----false convictions----do not happen in a vacuum. There is usually some misconduct on the part of the prosecution/police or some type of prosecutorial misconduct at trial. Coached witnesses or "coerced" witnesses against the defendant are the main culprit, followed by perjury----even perjury by police officers----the hiding of evidence, and anything else which prevents a man from receiving a fair trial.

Forced confessions are common. If there is no outright confession, the police will "wordsmith" or take anything the defendant says and twist it to make him look guilty.

Please note that these instances of misconduct are purposely committed by the prosecution/prosecution team, including law enforcement, to garner a conviction.

Of course, with the tricks the prosecution uses to present these facts----coached witnesses, perjured testimony from law officers, the hiding of exculpatory evidence, and a jury who wants to believe the DA's version of events----innocent men are convicted.

Sometimes the system works in favor of the guilty. For example, in the case of Casey Anthony, the young lady in Florida accused of killing her small child, who was acquitted by a jury trial a few years ago, the system worked even though most people were sure she was guilty. Why did it work?? The prosecutor could not prove how the little girl was killed, the time of death, a motive, nor could they tie Casey to her death. They had no evidence to convict her, so the system worked.

The general public was outraged when a child murder was set free, but this is how the game is played-----no evidence, no conviction.

When we understand that our criminal justice system is not constructed toward any particular fairness or justice, we can understand injustices.

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