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CNN's George Soros-gate |
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Here's the slant |
| Date Posted: |
05/29/2005 |
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And, the article has nothing in it that even remotely shows a slant. It's good that we are all suspicious. But, after the suspicion should come a real hard look. That hard look will show anyone who reads the article that CNN did not slant the story. |
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Soros' stated goal is to end "over-reliance on incarceration".
CNN dedicates an entire program to some people who were wrongly accused due to crime lab errors. This is a rare occurence.
More common is that crime lab errors lead to unsolved cases, acquittals of the guilty or bad plea deals. This is apparent when you see the statistics: less than half of all murders end in a conviction-- and of those convicted for murder the average time served is less than 13 years.
Those facts are not listed and the impression is left that evryone who is convicted must really be innocent so we should stop our "over-reliance on incarceration".
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