Comment on If a criminal says a cop planted drugs or whatever on them why don't they ask for a finger print test? And vice versa a cop could also request it to clear up everything?

• x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  america

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  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, that’s a continent of 57 different countries.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What do you call people from the US of A? Americans or United Statesians?

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    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      America, The United States Of.

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• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Every country on Earth? Is there someplace police accuse people of crimes and then argue why they’re wrong?

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  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Police have to collect proof, whether it works for or against a suspect. Other suspects are possible, too. That follows directly from the general presumption of innocence. Only the judge can end that presumption, with his verdict.

    (Germany here)

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    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Police aren’t prosecutors in the US. But they work closely with the district attorneys who do prosecute. As in they provide the evidence to them and provide their recount of the situation and circumstances to the prosecutor and if it goes to trial can be called to testify against you.

      Additionally, many police programs incentivize or measure an officers efficiency based on the number of arrests or tickets they produce.

      Often since the prosecutors and police work towards the same goal of securing a conviction, we lump them together even though they are different agencies.

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      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        many police programs incentivize or measure an officers efficiency based on the number of arrests or tickets they produce.

        I call that very unethical.

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      • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Even that “prosecutor” name is bad.

        The State is there to find and punish the right people, not to go after a random person they selected.

        On most countries, the equivalent to a prosecutor will insist that the police works correctly, and will throw away cases if some evidence appear that the suspect is innocent.

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    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This site says:

      One of the most critical measures in the preliminary proceedings is questioning the alleged crime participants and witnesses to what happened. No statement should be made without legal counsel at this stage (especially when the police open up to the suspect to interrogate them as an “accused”). Investigators are trained to ask questions that could put the suspect in a bind and are increasingly success-oriented. This often results in hasty, ill-considered and incriminating statements, which can be used against the accused in the main proceedings.

      Which sounds an awful lot like German police can and will use your words against you in court.

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      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        This site

        Some random lawyer.

        like German police can and will use your words against you in court.

        Again: police records and collects stuff. They do not argue in court.

        What the accused has told the police will usable by all sides equally in court.

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