I don’t know, but we should definitely harass Schumer about it as much as possible.

this fuckin guy

Any article that considers pornography evidence of a crime is INCREDIBLY suspect to me. I think what’s particularly challenging about this case is that while a lot of that information is suspicious, only the DNA and the bullet are strong evidence that an actual crime had been committed. (And the DNA testing on the…

(I know they couldn’t do that in trial but the filmmakers totally could have)

I’m not sure who’s floating the theory that the police actually killed her? Most of what’s gone around is either the brother/ex bf/roommate or Brenden’s older brother. Generally the thought is she went missing, the last place she happened to be seen alive was at the Avery place, and the police jumped at the…

when theres a lawsuit on the line that would possibly bankrupt the county as well as bankrupt those who were part of his initial conviction (since their insurance wouldnt kick in) - the simple answer is - yes

That is my opinion as well. I think Avery killed her (outside the trailer or garage), and Brendan had absolutely nothing to do with it. Maybe someone else on the Avery property did it... but I think it was Steven. One of Brendan’s stories mentioned Steven being upset about a phone call from Jodi earlier that day. I…

I’m not going to say I think Avery is innocent. A lot of the information that’s been published recently about what was left out by the filmmakers makes me think that there is a possibility he truly is guilty of this crime. However both things can be true: that 1. Avery did kill her but also 2. that the police…

The severity of her accusations are false and extremely harmful. I’m not sure she realizes the irreparable harm of her actions.

“Innocent until proven guilty” is the standard in a court of law, not in the court of public opinion.

I think the situation may be easier to grapple with if the interrogators were sociopaths hell-bent on framing a kid. The more discomforting expanation is that systems which replace human judgment and accountability with procedural authority may as a side effect produce such results. May even, in some corners of the…

At least in the job worked I believe that having an IQ below 70 and a 4th grade reading level would qualify as an intellectual or learning disability. I’m not in the posistion to diagnose obviously, but he reminded me strongly of many kids I worked with, and it was pretty clear he did not understand his situation, the…

I was also disgusted by the prosecutor’s “reasonable doubt is for innocent people”.

I find it really hard to comprehend the evil that was done to Brendan Dassey. I definitely was involved and emotional watching the series but I broke down in tears seeing the footage of him from this year, ten years into his sentence. The men who interrogated him, not to mention the prosecution are evil incarnate.…

It’s comforting to know 2015 will end as 2015 (1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, etc) started: with the state killing black bodies with no consequences and with the full backing of the state who review and “investigate” <— lol) themselves only to find that they did exactly what they are created to do. Oh, and also, the black…

McGinty sat there and fucking blamed the entire thing on Tamir and excused his police force for every one of their crimes. Fuck him, fuck the Cleveland DAs, fuck the Cleveland cops who haven’t spoken out on this, and fuck the Justice Department for not arresting the murderer themselves by now.

If someone is drunk, but aware enough to be actively engaged in having sex with someone then it’s probably not rape. I don’t see how you could predict whether someone is too drunk to remember what happened the next day unless they are pretty much unconscious. From my experience, blackouts are not easily predictable.

“Nothing is more important than the safety of our kids.”

If you are going to fall into a Christmas tree...really commit to it.

Perhaps a nitpick, but the Army can’t give a guy a dishonorable discharge without a conviction by a general court-martial (the great big kind he’s getting instead of the relatively minor special or really minor summary court-martial).