Reader comments: There's more to story than cold hard cash

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Reasonable doubt | 11:46 a.m. May 4, 2008
Prosecutors engage in this kind of extortionate behavior all the time. They files charges to encourage a guilty plea to a lesser charge, with fines and probationary services to keep the law enforcement and social work staffers employed, or threaten a trial with prison as a possible consequence.

Jurors should take their obligation to hold the prosecution to its burden of proof in all cases.
Tom | 4:34 p.m. May 4, 2008
Reminds me of what I'm going through for my mother in Holden ,Utah, Going againest Holden Town Corp, it's not murder! but I now understand why it should be legal for parents to eat their young.
Bill | 11:06 p.m. May 10, 2008
Good article! I sometimes think prosecutors are more interested in winning cases than discovering the truth. It's also my my experience that cops don't really care about real crime unless it's something "sexy" like murder or robbery.

My neighbor acted like he was going to run me over with his car a few years ago. When I told the policeman the story his response was "So what do you want me to do about it? With that kind of attitude I decided not to press charges. I have never been arrested for anything in my life, but ever since that experience I don't have a lot of trust in cops. And cops wonder why people, even law abiding citizens, don't like them?
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