re: OT: Watching 'Making a Murderer'

I think that Avery is guilty but the fricked up thing is that he is proof that the system did not work the first time around and there is enough doubt in the public's mind that we will seriously entertain the idea that he was indeed railroaded the second time around. That doubt in the mind of the public is VERY dangerous....and we have ample examples of how fricked up the system is.

The bottom line is that the system favors conviction....only if you do not have the money to buy decent representation....and then the odds of a conviction go way down....poor people confess to shite they didn't do all the time because their defense attorneys are shitty and are paid for by the state...the pressure to accept a plea deal is so intense that it is almost impossible to refuse. Anytiome a low ball bidding state employee in the form of a prosecuting attorney is faced with a real lawyer who earns a living in the free marker, as it were. they have serious problems getting a conviction...take a look at high profile cases where the person was about as obviously guilty as a person can get and that person walks. The system is fricked up and if you can't hire brilliant lawyers anyone can find themselves being thrown in jail for a crime they didnt commit...