Reasonable Doubts?

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the judicial system and believe that it is a legitimate institution we can search for truth. As I read Alan Dershowitz's book it became clear that the question "Did O.J. do it (murder Nicole Brown)?" would never be answered. Dershowitz argues that "Neither the prosecutors nor the judges were searching very hard for the truth of why the detectives went to the Simpson residence.
They apparently though that the disclosure of that truth would make the proving of what they believed was a more important truth-that defendant was guilty…" (48; ch. 2). Instead what would be answered is "Did the police cover up a scandal as an ambitious effort to convict O.J. Simpson?" The Defense for Simpson rallied on that question to persuade the jurors that there was a if the police were proved to have incompetently gathered and tampered evidence that would favor for a conviction of Simpson. Even if Simpson did do it search and seizure procedures would protect him from incriminating tampered evidence ...

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police had told. The truth uncovered was that the police who were related to the Simpson investigation were not telling the whole truth. Dershowitz also asserts that the police commonly lie because they are able to and because they want to convict people they "know" are to be guilty. By being able to perjure without reprimand is common and a known fact amongst the prosecutors, the defense, and the judges. Why it is acceptable is a controversial question. The police have adopted a system called the "dropsy" testimony in which an officer willingly lies to convict a criminal that he believes to be guilty of crimes he is charged. Dershowitz gives an example when a judge accepts policeman's ...

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