Society is now less convinced of the absolute accuracy of the criminal justice system.
I am not saying Rubin Carter was guilty. I am saying he was very likely guilty.
The law against witches does not prove there be any; …
A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given. The fact that 1 or 2 men out of 12 differ from the others does not establish that their doubts are reasonable.
I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.
Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man's flesh and blood life, especially when there is any amount of "doubt" at all regarding his guilt or innocence.
For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong.
