Hacker News with Generative AI: Justice System

It's legal for police to use deception in interrogations. Some want that to end (text.npr.org)
It's legal for police to use deception in interrogations. Advocates want that to end.
Law Enforcement, Interrogations, Civil Liberties, Justice System
281 points by everybodyknows 25 days ago | 258 comments
Is it possible to have a fair jury trial anymore? (theconversation.com)
The decades-long mystery about what happened to 19-year-old Amber Haigh made it to court in New South Wales earlier this year. Those accused of murdering Haigh were found not guilty.
Law, Justice System, Crime, Australia
5 points by lr0 42 days ago | 1 comments
Clarence Thomas Thinks the Real Victims Are Prosecutors Who Engage in Misconduct (slate.com)
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Glossip v. Oklahoma, a death penalty case posing a question so bizarre that its very existence should serve as an indictment for capital punishment: Can courts force a state to execute a possibly innocent prisoner when the state itself doesn’t want to?
Supreme Court, Capital Punishment, Justice System, Law
12 points by hn_acker 47 days ago | 5 comments
Who is Marcellus Williams: Execution in Missouri despite evidence of innocence (innocenceproject.org)
Mr. Williams is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 24. Gov. Mike Parson has the power to stop this tragedy now.
Justice System, Missouri, Capital Punishment, Innocence Project
359 points by bjourne 69 days ago | 466 comments
Teenager jailed for 18 months still in prison 18 years later (independent.co.uk)
A desperate mother has spoken of her anguish after her teenage son was jailed for 18 months but is still trapped in prison 18 years later under a cruel indefinite jail term.
Justice System, Prison Reform, Human Rights
111 points by Brajeshwar 72 days ago | 153 comments
Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice (latimes.com)
The state of South Carolina on Friday strapped down Freddie Owens and injected him with a chemical that’s usually used to euthanize pets. In the days before the execution, a key witness against him admitted testifying falsely at trial to save himself, and said Owens had nothing to do with the 1999 murder for which he was convicted. But that didn’t matter. Owens, also known as Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, was put to death.
Capital Punishment, False Testimony, Justice System, South Carolina
23 points by YeGoblynQueenne 73 days ago | 29 comments
Cop Who Lied to Justify Drug Raid Says He's Not Responsible for Resulting Deaths (reason.com)
This week, nearly six years after Houston cops killed a middle-aged couple falsely accused of selling heroin, a jury began considering the murder case against Gerald Goines, the former narcotics officer who instigated the deadly raid.
Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, False Accusations, Justice System
8 points by pseudolus 81 days ago | 0 comments
'Terrorgram' leaders arrested, charged (justice.gov)
The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Humber and Allison were arrested on Friday by law enforcement officials.
Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Crime, Justice System
15 points by anigbrowl 85 days ago | 0 comments
Retired detective: We got it wrong in Robert Roberson's death penalty case (dallasnews.com)
Justice System, Crime, Law Enforcement
175 points by rossant 194 days ago | 249 comments
US prisoners are given dangerous jobs. But what if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
Prison Labor, Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Justice System
44 points by jawns 201 days ago | 56 comments
The justice system's role in non disclosure of Horizon material (thejusticegap.com)
Law, Justice System, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Media
30 points by chrisjj 231 days ago | 7 comments
Physically attractive attorneys tend to have greater success in federal court (psypost.org)
Law, Psychology, Social Science, Justice System
99 points by bookofjoe 234 days ago | 114 comments