ZD,
There is a reason why there is supposed to be a jury trial. But being accused of something is far, far from proof that a person is guilty. Regardless of the extent of the crime.
You afldvocate the police falsely issuing tickets just because it’s a lesser crime? Don’t you think they are more pressured to find someone when there is a more serious crime and that pressure will result in mistaken and or false accusations? It happens all the time. And for beating a dead horse, but that’s exactly want heap ended with Rubashkin, the reason for the raid resulted in him doing nothing wrong, so then they had to find other infractions to pin on. What he was sentenced for had nothing to do with raid, even if the prosecutors kept referencing the unproven allegations as the reason for harsh sentencing.
It is unfortunate, but there is not much justice in the justice system.