A horrible injustice in the case of Etan Patz
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In 1979 (38 years ago), a cute little boy vanished. There was virtually no evidence, but a suspect named "Ramos" was convicted of the crime in a civil court (which doesn't require all that pesky evidence).
There is a problem.. it turns out that Ramos didn't do it, but instead, this guy "Hernandez" did it. They convicted Hernandez of the crime in 2017.This is terrible for many reasons, including:
A man was convicted of a horrifying crime that he didn't commit.
The guilty man was allowed to be free for 38 years - presumably committing MORE horrifying crimes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Etan_Patz
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/us/etan-patz-case-conviction/index.html
Note that the CNN story only mentions Hernandez.. and NEVER mentions Ramos, who was the assumed to be the killer for 38 years! CNN sucks.
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This kind of shit happens a lot. It's why I can't support the death penalty.
