Why Do Actual Police Work When It Is Easier to Lie?

I mean be fair... detectives are busy people. Exonerated death row inmate who spent nearly 50 years in prison gets $7 million settlement

[Glynn Ray] Simmons served 48 years, one month and 18 days, making him the longest imprisoned U.S. inmate to be exonerated, according to data kept by The National Registry of Exonerations.

The detective in the case, or maybe there was more than one, said a witness identified Mr. Simmons, when in fact the witness identified two other people aside from Mr. Simmons and the other man who was convicted of the crime.

And of course, there is a lawsuit. Rightfully so, I would say.

The lawsuit alleges police falsified a report by stating that a witness who was wounded in the shooting identified Simmons and co-defendant Don Roberts as the two who robbed the store and shot the clerk.

The lawsuit also alleges police withheld evidence that the witness identified two other people as suspects.

Why did cops do this? You would have to ask the lying SOB who is being sued, because I don't know how you could do this to another human being just because you are too lazy to do your job.

In December, a judge exonerated Simmons, saying there was “clear and convincing evidence” that he did not commit the crime and Simmons has received $175,000 from the state of Oklahoma for wrongful conviction.

So there's that.