Justice has been squeezed out of the criminal justice system, as wrongful convictions are at a high rate, despite this age of technology.

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"Justice is truth in action" - Benjamin Deraeli (1804-1881)

"Fairness is what justice really is" US Supreme Court (Justice Potter Stewart)

Justice has been squeezed out of the criminal justice system, as wrongful convictions are at a high rate, despite this age of technology. It seems wrongful convictions have become routine, as heartless prosecutors and police are concerned only with mounting up evidence that is biased instead of producing objective proof. The system today is budget and career driven, justice be dammed! Does the present legal system fail to ensure the right to justice for people in our society? Is there a sense that prosecutors, police investigators and politicians alike are manufacturing guilt in order to close cases and accumulate convictions? What can be done to stop this injustice?

An analysis of 62 wrongful convictions showed that prosecutors suppressed exculpatory evidence in 43% of them, knowingly used false testimony in 22% of them, coerced witnesses in 13%, and fabricated evidence in 3% of them. Meanwhile, the police suppressed evidence in 36% of the cases, fabricated evidence in 9%, and lied in other ways in 55% of them.1

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