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They arrest people they think are guilty. It's not hard to find examples of people who get arrested in even jailed and later found innocent. The person who said that is naive.
My late Mom was not a very articulate speaker; when called for jury duty, she made the mistake of referring to a defendant as "the one who did it" during voir dire; needless to say, she was not seated.
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My late Mom was not a very articulate person; when called for jury duty, she made the mistake of referring to a defendant as "the one who did it", during voir dire; needless to say, she was not seated.
Ha. I was posting my post before yours showed up. I guess I am like your mom in that respect.
I heard someone say that police don't arrest innocent people and if someone's arrested that means they are guilty.
Is this a common belief in our society?
Unfortunately, yes. Police often arrest and release for lack of evidence.
You need only watch Dateline to see that police arrest a person, then discover that person could not have committed the crime, then move on to arrest the real person who actually committed the crime.
Arrest warrants, as all warrants, are based on probable cause, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Another level of protection is the gran or petit jury, which will determine if there is sufficient evidence for a trial. If there is insufficient evidence, the gran or petit jury will not return a bill of indictment. Most judges will grant an order to release the defendant at that point. It's probably best then to expand your investigation to look at alternative suspects.
Many police put way too much credence in motive, which leads to false arrests. It's best to gather and review evidence, then let the evidence lead to you possible motives, which will narrow down the field of suspects. Unfortunately, many police create a motive first, then seek evidence to support the motive. That is a logical fallacy known as bias confirmation and it results in innocent people arrested, and often wrongly convicted for crimes they didn't commit.
If there is enough cause a Police officer might detain you or even arrest you until enough evidence comes in as in details provided by bystanders.
There are many innocent people that get arrested for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time and most of the time the truth is found out in court and they are set free.
Cops are human and they make mistakes but luckily in this country (unless you are a Republican in office) you are innocent until proven guilty.
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