{"id":2636,"date":"2016-08-05T15:51:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2016-08-05T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:56:18","slug":"skepticism-accountability-strengthen-criminal-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"Skepticism, accountability strengthen criminal justice system"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2637\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/160805Gebelhoff.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Gebelhoff\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/160805Gebelhoff.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/160805Gebelhoff-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Gebelhoff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Aug. 5, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the virtue of these true-crime stories isn\u2019t how they affect specific cases (indeed, without new and objective evidence that calls into question criminal convictions, it\u2019s important \u2013 for the sake of the rule of law \u2013 to let decisions stand).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, series such as \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serial_(podcast)\" target=\"_blank\">Serial<\/a>\u2019\u00a0could have a positive impact on how ordinary Americans \u2013 the people who sit on juries and elect local prosecutors and judges \u2013 view criminal trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we\u2019ll be more willing to hold those running for local offices accountable for presenting fair cases and working to eliminate bias against the poor or minorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we&#8217;ll be more appropriately skeptical of cases built on witness testimony alone, or question whether investigators used intimidation or unfair interrogation to get inaccurate information from witnesses&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2013 <em>From \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2016\/07\/09\/how-the-serial-podcast-is-challenging-the-criminal-justice-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">How the &#8216;Serial&#8217; podcast is challenging the criminal justice system<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Robert Gebelhoff in the Washington Post, July 6 (via the Denver Post)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LRDCC20.jpg\" alt=\"LRDCC20\" width=\"132\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 5, 2016 \u201cPerhaps the virtue of these true-crime stories isn\u2019t how they affect specific cases (indeed, without new and objective evidence that calls into question criminal convictions, it\u2019s important \u2013 for the sake of the rule of law \u2013 to let decisions stand). \u201cInstead, series such as \u2018Serial\u2019\u00a0could have a positive impact on how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2640,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}