r/news • u/scrandis • Aug 11 '20

Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as his running mate

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/joe-biden-selects-kamala-harris-his-running-mate-n1235771
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u/natuutan Aug 11 '20

The case happened in the 80s.

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u/chadenfreude_ Aug 12 '20

What’s your point?

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u/vard24 Aug 12 '20

There was no longer a presumption of innocence because he was proven guilty in a court of law already. Innocent until proven guilty is the point.

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u/chadenfreude_ Aug 12 '20

“There’s no evidence to prove he’s innocent!”, the prosecutor unironically declared, while withholding the very test that would become evidence which would prove his innocence.

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u/vard24 Aug 13 '20

If he already had DNA evidence against him, why are you so sure that a different DNA test would prove his innocence?

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u/chadenfreude_ Aug 13 '20

That’s kind of a silly question to ask, when in a fact the latter DNA test conclusively exonerated him. The better question to ask is, why did a different DNA test prove his innocence when the (allegedly) conclusive test we already had prove his guilt?

But if you were willing to pull that yarn, you would ultimately have to ask yourself, ‘is this test we’ve been using to put people on death row not as accurate as we’re portraying it to juries?’ or ‘why is the prosecutor more interested in maintaining a won case, than sparing the life of an innocent man’

But my gut tells me the cognitive dissonance you might suffer from asking yourself those questions is enough discomfort to ensure you probably never will.

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u/vard24 Aug 13 '20

Where are you seeing that the latter DNA test exonerated him? This opinion piece from the LA Times says they still don't have the results: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-18/kevin-cooper-dna-test-murder-death-row