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re: Jonathan Taylor's "victim" recants her story (not AFD)
Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:22 am to Monticello
Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:22 am to Monticello
quote:DV accusation is not a mandatory arrest or pro-arrest in Alabama. Even then, those states that have mandatory arrest policies, there still needs to be probable cause for the arrest (although studies show they fail to find probable cause as the conviction rates are really low).
It's domestic violence. A simple accusation is all they really need for the most part.
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:26 am to joeyb147
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DV accusation is not a mandatory arrest or pro-arrest in Alabama. Even then, those states that have mandatory arrest policies, there still needs to be probable cause for the arrest (although studies show they fail to find probable cause as the conviction rates are really low).
What cops do and what lawyers do are two entirely different things. 9/10 times, if a woman accuses a man of choking her, the man is getting arrested. The lawyers can sort out whether is actually happened.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:27 am to joeyb147
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Even then, those states that have mandatory arrest policies, there still needs to be probable cause for the arrest (although studies show they fail to find probable cause as the conviction rates are really low).
I'll disagree on the failure to find PC. Uncooperative victims make it damned hard to get a conviction even when you've got good PC like a mark.
As an EMT, I went to one where the guy choked the victim so hard there was a clear imprint of his hand on her neck. By trial time, she'd completely changed her story. Said she was falling off the couch and he caught her
. Total BS and yet the jury acquitted him. 
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