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I would have expected that some higher ranking people in the justice system would be horrified by these things and do something.

In fields like medicine or air travel errors happen but it's part of the system to address them and make sure they don't happen again. That doesn't seem to be the case at all in the justice system.

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Why do you believe that higher ranking people in the justice system didn't know this before? I would guess that it is an requirement to accept this system if you want to climb higher ranks.

I am pretty sure they knew. I am just surprised that they aren't horrified. If I were the head of an organization that sends innocent people to death (while the real killer is free) I would do my best to avoid this.

Because the goal of the justice system is to convict people.

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