Here is the story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/3830694/Jury-quick-to-acquit-in-sex-case
Read the story. The man, who was named (of course) spent 12 months in custody awaiting trial, which included 22 hours a day in lock-down, for an alleged rape that supposedly occurred in broad daylight. The trial on three different criminal charges lasted a week, but the jury was back in just an hour.
I suspect the jury was sending a message. Instead of reviewing evidence admitted throughout the week, the speed with which this jury returned clearly signaled one thing: "bullshit."
Bottom line: the system kept a man locked up, and in lock-down, for a full year -- on a bullshit claim. Try to imagine all the things you would have missed over the past year if you had your life taken away from you as this man did. As many men do. And if you are a male, it could easily happen to you, too.
Absolutely disgraceful.
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As usual, the courts permit grievous harm to be inflicted on innocent men, long before they are ever convicted of anything. The common sense of a five year-old would have told the prosecutor that no conviction was possible.
(22 hour lockdown? He got TWO WHOLE HOURS A DAY? That would have been nice...)
TWELVE MONTHS!!!!
How many false accusers get twelve months as a sentence?
LOL.
Right in the side panel for this article:
Woman assaults partner, *PUSHES BABY OVER ONTO CONCRETE*, and then tries to escape on a bicycle.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/3830690/Woman-assaults-partner-child
"Woman assaults partner, *PUSHES BABY OVER ONTO CONCRETE*, and then tries to escape on a bicycle."
Women are just KRAY-ZEE
The base minimum sentence for a FRA should be the time spent from the moment of accusation until the defendant is free.
This certainly won't account for time spent in emotional turmoil, but it would be a start.
My question is this - why is he not counter-suing?
Why are we all not counter-suing.
The Orient has a saying - "If a lion doesn't react, never take him for a sick kitten." (transliterated)
I think that's what we all have been taken to be - sick kittens.
The reason for the intentional wait was to see if they could coerce a confession with pre trial detention. Its a way of softening up the person. It sends the message that the government can do whatever it wants. Many innocent men take plea deals to get out of jail and or risk loosing at trial.
Yes. And they don't have to prove a thing to keep you locked up as they take their sweet time about giving you your day in court. This is our "justice" system.
You know, America is a great country, as is the UK, as are many other western nations. We have collectively accomplished so much good in the world.
Why then do we continue to have legal systems that are reminiscent of the works of Orwell and Kafka? Our courts should embody our most noble values, not our most pathetic cowardices. Time and again the officers who are charged with upholding justice in our courts allow the innocent to be beaten down and abandoned. Why? And where people of character to be found when it's time to get rid of the unjust laws that permit or even require these intolerable situations, such an innocent man rotting in jail for years on end while he waits for trial? Have we gone insane?
And why don't we at least hold corrupt prosecutors like Michael Nifong accountable when their crimes are brought to the media's attention? Why aren't perjurers held fully accountable instead of given sweetheart sentences?
A nice piece about pre-trial detention abuses around the globe: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/criminal_justice/about
On any given day, an estimated three million people are behind bars awaiting trial. Some will be detained for a few days or weeks, but many will spend months and even years in detention, languishing under worse conditions than convicted prisoners.
Throughout this ordeal, many will never speak to a lawyer or receive any advice about their rights. When they finally do reach a courtroom, a significant number of people will be found innocent, while some—having never been provided legal assistance—will be wrongly convicted.
Speaking as an FRAccused, who also has the benefit of a great legal team, hear these words.
I made bail on my arrest for rape.
That fact alone is responsible for 99% of the exculpatory evidence that was amassed... if I was in a cell none of that evidence would have been produced.
There is also the factor identified in the youtube video "don't talk to the police", which is,
Strike 1 - you've been accused of rape.
Strike 2 - you turn up in court from prison remand, looking like shit
Strike 3 - well, you can imagine, this one is easy
all of the corruption has to do with the prison industrial complex. They need fresh bodies to fill all of the cells they keep building. soon the money will run dry and they will have to close them.
AND then there is jailhouse justice. A jailer told me that if my husband had not done what he had done, he wouldn't be there and dealing with what he was dealing with. I can't tell you what she did to him or what others did to him until the lawsuit starts. Then I will send a link to Steven to the newspaper article.
I have no respect for LE anymore. I will never trust a cop for help ever. I know that most of them are great honest people but there are enough who love the power of the badge and uniform and abuse that power.
Anon,
Please send me the link. I'm VERY interested.
Thanks.
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