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MikeLitoris_________ t1_j160etw wrote

>Philadelphia prosecutors moved to dismiss the murder convictions against Williams in both cases after finding tainted testimony and exculpatory evidence that had been discovered by police but never shared with defense lawyers, officials said.

I had no reason to disclose because I did not believe the evidence to be exculpatory. -ADA Jack McCoy

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The_Great_Skeeve t1_j171ahc wrote

He should be in jail for that.

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starmartyr t1_j185tt9 wrote

Williams was sentenced to death. Willfully withholding exculpatory evidence is effectively attempted murder.

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jonathanrdt t1_j18hjvq wrote

Capital punishment is proven to be an ineffective deterrent, it costs more than life in prison, and it can err.

There is no modern justification; it can only serve primitive needs for revenge, which have no place in a modern judicial system.

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ChallyPrime t1_j19jh68 wrote

Shout it louder for Redditors to hear. There's plenty of bloodlust in this sub.

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jonathanrdt t1_j19pevl wrote

We do not generally subscribe to a modern ethos, so most confuse justice and revenge. The earliest codes of laws conflate the two: Code of Hammurabi is where we get ‘an eye for an eye’. We have done much better since, but we still have far to go.

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