Man Jailed for 18 Years Despite 13 Alibi Witnesses including sheriff’s deputy

[CountDeMoney]

You've worked in the system, you know better than that.  You don't screw around with conviction rates.

Just makes me want to take the LSATs and open a law firm with Ide, specializing in overly dramatic courtroom performance art.

Only if you aim at proving the innocence of your clients with interpretative dance.

Jazz Hands of Justice.

[CountDeMoney]

Really?  Do they care about conviction rates down there?

It's just like Corporate America;  you don't perform, you don't move on.  And that's just for the ones that don't face elections.

Other than to say I'm 2 for 2 today. 

Which one was actually innocent?

[grumbler]

You've worked in the system, you know better than that.  You don't screw around with conviction rates.

Just makes me want to take the LSATs and open a law firm with Ide, specializing in overly dramatic courtroom performance art.

Only if you aim at proving the innocence of your clients with interpretative dance.

Jazz Hands of Justice.

I could see you doing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPX5ZiZ9-bk 

[jimmy olsen]

One would think somewhere down the line it might've been mentioned that one of the roles of a prosecutor is to prosecute the right person, not the easiest.  Or that it's OK to question an investigation's findings prior to court proceedings.  Fruit of the poisoned tree, and all that?  Do they not teach that in law school anymore?

You've worked in the system, you know better than that.  You don't screw around with conviction rates.

They prosecute so many peope every year, how much could one case change it? A fraction of a percent.

[jimmy olsen]

Third unless there is an ineffective assistance claim or some grotesque fraud by the prosecution, the courts don't care whether you are actually innocent or not.

The biggest problem on this list. Best way to change it?

[CountDeMoney]

I could see you doing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPX5ZiZ9-bk 

Flipping the fuck out Pacino-style?  Most definitely.   

The great thing about that movie is so much of it was filmed inside the Circuit Court, and not a single bit of that courthouse has changed since then.  Even those ugly ass uncomfortable chairs.  111 N. Calvert Street.  Good times.

[Barrister]

Really?  Do they care about conviction rates down there?

It's just like Corporate America;  you don't perform, you don't move on.  And that's just for the ones that don't face elections.

Other than to say I'm 2 for 2 today. 

Which one was actually innocent?

Neither of them.  Drunk driver had his BAC analyzed to confirm his drunkenness, dude who attempted to steal from the casino had his theft captured on multiple CCTV cameras.

[dps]

Third unless there is an ineffective assistance claim or some grotesque fraud by the prosecution, the courts don't care whether you are actually innocent or not.

The biggest problem on this list. Best way to change it?

To make people who don't care, care?  Good luck with that.

And really, judges caring about whether a defendant is guilty or innocent isn't a problem the way you think it is in that guilt or innocence is a question of fact that is supposed to be determined by the jury.  Trial judges are just there to make sure all the rules about how the trial is supposed to be conducted are followed, and to pass sentence if the defendant is convicted.  Appellate judges generally don't look at questions of fact, but rather questions of law.