"Sloppy Police Work Is Not the Primary Reason for Wrongful Convictions,"
I think in this case, sloppy police work would lead to no conviction because there
wouldn’t be enough prima facia to make the case start with (
Probable cause versus reasonable
suspicion | Maricopa County, AZ
. (n.d.).
I think corruption would be the main reason for
wrongful convictions. Investigating requires a police officer to be thorough, not sloppy. All
evidence must be protected and preserved and be labeled with a chain of custody to ensure the
evidence hasn’t been tampered with. If the officer is sloppy in their police work, it would affect
the states’ ability to obtain a conviction.
In the past, wrongful convictions have occurred, and innocent lives lost due to
misconduct and bad policing. One case that stands out is the Huwe Burton (
Huwe Burton -
Innocence Project
. (2023, June 14). The police had coerced this young man into a false
confession of the murder of his mother in 1991. However, in 2018, after serving a prison
sentence of 28 years the verdict was overturned in large part by a victims advocate group called
the Innocent Project (
Huwe Burton - Innocence Project
. (2023, June 14).
References
Eads, D. (n.d.).
The Marshall Project
. The Marshall Project.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/
Innocence Project
. (2023, December 1). Innocence Project.
https://innocenceproject.org/
Huwe Burton - Innocence Project
. (2023, June 14). Innocence
Project.
https://innocenceproject.org/cases/huwe-burton/
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.
(n.d.).
https://www.maricopa.gov/919/Probable-Cause-Versus-Reasonable-Suspici
