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" In an adversarial system you would expect any new evidence secured by the defense to be looked at with healthy skepticism by prosecutors. You would expect them to give it scrutiny and to look at the wider context to be sure it stacks up. But in case after case contested by the Innocence Project, the sense of denial from many prosecutors and police went a lot further. "

Matthew Syed , Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do


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Matthew Syed quote : In an adversarial system you would expect any new evidence secured by the defense to be looked at with healthy skepticism by prosecutors. You would expect them to give it scrutiny and to look at the wider context to be sure it stacks up. But in case after case contested by the Innocence Project, the sense of denial from many prosecutors and police went a lot further.