Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Mind boggling.............

I suppose we have all heard about the DNA testing that has been used lately to close old crimes that were open. They also help to get people out of jail that were falsely arrested in the first place. Here is my issue with these false arrest issues that keep happening. There are too many people who get arrested for the wrong crime because of the color of their skin or their nationality. You cannot give back twenty years that someone gave of their life to spend in prison for something they did not do. It frustrates me to the point of screaming for these people who have been dealt this hand just because of circumstantial evidence or the fact that they were the most likely suspect and many things point to them being guilty so it's obviously them. Just because you may look guilty, doesn't mean you are. Even worse is having virtually no evidence, but blaming the crime on someone because they do not fit into the peg that someones preconceived notions have fit them into. How do you apologize for that? How do you say: "Mr. Jones, we are sorry we have held you in prison for the last 20+ years for something you did not do, please understand that if we could fix it we would." without sounding like a complete a$$? I know we are supposed to forgive and forget, and I suppose eventually one would have to in order to move on in life and grow as a person. I could go even further with that and say that we never know how long we have and even though this person lost 20 years, surely because of good karma finally being on their side they would have a good life of many years because of loosing 20 years in the first place. I could say that everyone has something to deal with in life and this was what that person had to deal with. I could say that, but I won't. Simply because it makes me angry that people are still getting put into jail for things they did not do. And even with modern science the way it is, we still have small-minded morons in charge who refuse to understand the concept that we are not guilty because of our nationality until proven innocent but are innocent no matter what nationality we are until proven guilty with actual proof. Okay, I am off the soapbox. Next?!

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