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Very true Cops are SMARTER than that
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If you wanna get away with murder, BE a good actor

Hello,

So, I'm watching Dateline..  It's about a murder, of course..  I notice that cops make SERIOUS decisions about their investigation BASED on the BEHAVIOR of the suspect...  If they don't act contrite enough, they're SUSPECT..  If they don't CRY enough, they're SUSPECT..  If they don't exhibit what the cop THINKS is proper behavior after some serious event, they're SUSPECT..

Personally, I'm NOT an especially emotional person..  After some event, I MIGHT not exhibit a lot of sorrow.  Should that make me a SUSPECT??

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Very true

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Cops are SMARTER than that

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We see a stunning number of murder cases overturned by genetic evidence, years after our justice system has locked people away. It's not the worst system in the world, but it obviously has some serious flaws, ad clearly, a number of people have been misjudged. Of course, we'll never know how many actually get away with it by somehow slipping through law enforcement's fingers.

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Amarel(5669) Clarified
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We see a stunning number of murder cases overturned by genetic evidence, years after our justice system has locked people away.

I’m not aware of the number.

Side: Very true
EldonG(530) Clarified
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I'm not either, but I'll look it up. There was an individual or group looking at old cases in hopes of freeing innocent men, some time ago.

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EldonG(530) Clarified
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It's the Innocence Project:

https://www.innocenceproject.org/

As of 2013, 311 had been exonerated. I'll look for any more recent figures.

Edit: Not all were murder cases.

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Being a good actor is definitely a bare minimum.

Understanding the physical methodology of forensics, behavioural analysis (not as simple as acting, it is about stereotyping the type of murderer and then looking at who does certain non-obvious things like having a certain tidiness of desk for instance) and lastly, making sure you can absolutely pull off the murder without a struggle of any significant kind.

Do those 3 core things to the maximum level that you can and you will get away with murder unless even your maximum is shit, then sorry but your IQ is too low.

Side: Cops are SMARTER than that
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If it’s a murder investigation, just about everyone affiliated is SUSPECT to some degree until harder evidence narrows the field.

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A person who considers himself a great actor said, a few months ago, that he could walk down the street in NY and shoot somebody and nobody would care. I kinda wish he had tried to prove that (as not another lie), being somewhat choosey about his choice, of course.....

I'm sure the cops would have saved America by showing him that he was not THAT good an actor. ;-)

Side: Cops are SMARTER than that
Amarel(5669) Clarified
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I believe he was commenting on the nature of the support from his base. Unfortunately, I don’t believe it was a lie.

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No, if you want to get away with murder, you appoint a majority of activist Liberal Justices that will make it legal to kill unborn babies. They will use the ludicrous rationale of how murder is now a privacy issue for women.

WHALA, MURDER IS NOW CALLED CHOICE.

Side: Cops are SMARTER than that
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WHALA, MURDER IS NOW CALLED CHOICE

Do you perhaps mean, voila?

Side: Very true