Mishandled Evidence and Wrongful Convictions

How often does the System get it wrong? The police are not infallible they make mistakes with evidence. Mishandled and misplaced it’s often that evidence has to be thrown out never to be used to prosecute. It’s an exciting line of work and the overzealous officers make mistakes and with so many people walking around a crime scene it’s hard not to ruin evidence or disturb the area. About Two hundred thousand people in jail may be in there while never actually committing a crime. In my opinion even one going to jail for nothing is reason to revisit how our system works.



Lawyers add a dimension to the system that could be the decision between freedom and jail. They could draw out trails for years with appeals. The longer it goes on the more money they make. Americans do not look on lawyers with reverence but as a sort of leech who grabs hold and starts sucking. They are highly paid to argue and always think they are right. If you have enough money you can hire the best lawyer to get yourself out of any trouble. If you are a young black kid from a downtrodden family you get stuck with a public defender that could care less about your freedom you'll likely go to jail. The public defender could try his hardest but he sees maybe a hundred cases a day and has no time to look over yours.

The System is very flawed.