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RE: Four Years Ago Today

in #bitcoin7 years ago

I followed Ross' case at the time and we were all deeply saddened by the outcome but more over, I was blown away by the lack of support across the board. You would hope that a miscarriage of justice of this magnitude would not go unnoticed by the world... but it did. It must be correct then that people don't act until it's one of their own loved ones. This needs to change, when someone like Ross, who ticks all the right boxes for a fair trial in America, i.e white, middle class, well educated and with no previous charges can receive two life sentences, without payroll and the people of America aren't shocked into action. This is a travesty not just for Ross but for America. I recently read that American prosecutors win 99.5% of their cases, 97% without trial, because the plea-bargaining system extorts inculpatory evidence from witnesses in exchange for reduced sentences or immunity from prosecution, including for perjury, and threatens them with prosecution if they decline to co-operate. In practice this means being catechised by prosecutors in a largely false sequence of allegations against the target. Every informed person in America should know this is how the system operates and yet nothing is ever done about it. I will continue to follow and support Ross's case, thanks for update... fight the power... and convert it to steem!