Because they want to win. State wants evidence excluded in murder case
So there is a case where the defendent is claiming self-defense. The DA doesn't want to let the jury know tha the dead-guy was a bad guy.
He also noted charges against Hensley for holding the woman prisoner and beating her "were ultimately dismissed by the state and are barred from being refiled."
That statement is true because the state of Arkansas generally does not prosecute dead people. In the filing to dismiss the charges against Hensley, the state noted he had died, not that the state did not have sufficient evidence to prosecute the case.
So the are using the fact that he died as a reason to sweep his past misdeeds under the rug, because since they can't win that case, they want to win this case.
Justice? What is that?
In a "just" society, such prosecutors would be (1) disbarred for failure to disclose material evidence to the jury in a capital case; (2) arrested and themselves prosecuted; and (3) given long-term accommodations in a crossbar hotel.
ReplyDeleteWould be nice, but probably won't happen in my lifetime.
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