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Comment on Just got arrested for a supposed DWI even though I blew a 0.0000000. Don't cops need to read your Miranda rights to you? I asked for a blood or hair follicle test and I was denied. WTH is happening?

stoly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Assuming a prosecutor takes this to court, they will have to provide evidence during the probable cause hearing. If it goes that far, it will get dismissed if there is no evidence. It’s more likely that the prosecutor does nothing unless there is something they have unknown to you or you are not telling us something.

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Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I would bet money we are missing the truth here. They aren’t gonna waste time after proving your innocence.

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- stoly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Sure they will. Many prosecutors are so bombastically driven to succeed that they will prosecute a case they can win even if they know it is not justice because winning at all costs is the only thing that matters to some.
  
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  - Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Additionally, since prosecutors are an elected position in many places, they have a serious incentive in locking up as many people as they possibly can, if only because incarcerated people generally don’t make campaign ads.
    
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