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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Twisted Legal System
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Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 18:24:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 18:24:44 1983
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Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Stephen, you have a point. But you didn't address my concern:
that you would have difficulty proving police guilty in situations
in which their treatment of accused criminals is questionable.
Result: the police aren't convicted (insufficient evidence "beyond
a reasonable doubt"). The accused is convicted. So the police "win".

I don't have any personal experience with the police system, but
my understanding is that police see convicting the criminal as
their goal (quite reasonable). If the criminal gets off, they
have "lost". And there is definite continuity - the same police
that we restrain today are the ones who will be around tomorrow.
So "making the work be in vain" does indeed punish the police.

Dave Sherman
[definitely not speaking for] The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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