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Radley Balko

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Just a jaw-dropper from the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man.

innocenceproject.org/missouri-cir...

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Matt Ferrel 🍦's avatar Matt Ferrel 🍦 @mattferrel.bsky.social
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Hard not to conclude that ACAB

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's avatar @gustavo64.bsky.social
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Ho. Ly. Shit.

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haj's avatar haj @hajendot.bsky.social
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st joe is fucked, man

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🦋Broken Branch🦋's avatar 🦋Broken Branch🦋 @vleewalker.bsky.social
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😡

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Action Man's avatar Action Man @outpost42.bsky.social
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Yeah, the AG goes on the basis once convicted, always convicted no matter what what a judge says later or the evidence reveals.

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's avatar @pineapplepizza123.bsky.social
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this is normal police behavior, not really a jaw dropper

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Voder of BORG's avatar Voder of BORG @crosis101.bsky.social
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MarkH's avatar MarkH @markhoofnagle.bsky.social
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I knew it had to be 50/50 Missouri vs Texas before reading.

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Chris Wagner's avatar Chris Wagner @chriswagner.bsky.social
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I hate to break this to you all, but: this is every MO AG and governor, every term. That box can never be unchecked, evidence be damned.

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's avatar @mkbinder.bsky.social
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Its clearly past time that confessions unsupported by corroborating evidence were eliminated as the basis for convictions. And yes, I know that won't eliminate all abuses and problems. NZ had plenty of 1970s problems with fabricated evidence falsely placed by police officers.. Step by step.

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Alex Merz's avatar Alex Merz @merz.bsky.social
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"the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man." Does that actually narrow it down?

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GetYoDrinkOn 's avatar GetYoDrinkOn @getyodrinkon.bsky.social
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That's why the state motto is: "Missouri loves company"

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Simon's avatar Simon @thedenature.bsky.social
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Wilhoit’s Law remains undefeated.

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Lif 's avatar Lif @lifstr.bsky.social
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Hey, why bust a man for murder when there's a woman conveniently available? #snarkAlert

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Balderdash's avatar Balderdash @poppycock.bsky.social
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this is the AG who has his nose so far up trump's behind he hasn't seen daylight in years. i'm thinking this is being done to impress the maga death cult.

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Tom's avatar Tom @stealthisbook.bsky.social
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I hate to say that I had to skim the article to narrow it down to the specific state

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Pablo's avatar Pablo @scottsd.bsky.social
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Any word on what the mythical "good cops" were doing?

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's avatar @prospector1.bsky.social
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God help us all, & this lady specifically! 🙏

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's avatar @kccab.bsky.social
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Well, MO also elected Josh Hawley, so the bar is pretty low…

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Neurocysticercosis 🇵🇸🍉's avatar Neurocysticercosis 🇵🇸🍉 @neurocysticercosis.bsky.social
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A lot of the innocence projects cases are like this, so mind blowing and fucked up you have to stop for a moment and marvel at the corruption of the justice system.

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Franklin Piss🇺🇦's avatar Franklin Piss🇺🇦 @silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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Is there any info on what became of Holman?

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Shani 🫧🍉's avatar Shani 🫧🍉 @blerdmommy.bsky.social
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Caroline Miles's avatar Caroline Miles @menagerie.bsky.social
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I may be jaded, but none of that was even a little bit surprising. Entirely to script and predictable.

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Karen M. Poremski's avatar Karen M. Poremski @kmporemski.bsky.social
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Jesus.

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Sam W's avatar Sam W @samiw.bsky.social
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I swear, every story I read about corrupt cops is the bottom of the barrel—just the absolute worst. Then the next day I read another one, and oh look, it's worse! Actually, I should rephrase. Given how they cover for each other, I shouldn't say corrupt cops. I should just say cops.

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