BeijingPalmer: In general I've come to really distrust claims that someone can't be a murderer because they're so articulate and charming and literate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In general I've come to really distrust claims that someone can't be a murderer because they're so articulate and charming and literate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What If He Actually Did It?www.theatlantic.com I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.

a lot of the actually innocent people who end up in prison are there exactly *because* they're inarticulate or unlikeable or illiterate.

Or put too much faith in our system that because they are innocent they will be found so

ISTR Gerry Conlon noting in Proved Innocent one thing their defense should have brought up in the original trial was the IRA generally didn't /want/ petty criminals like himself and his codefendants

The only thing I will say in Amanda Knox’s defence is doing an article in a national publication about how she got it badly wrong shows infinitely more humility and strength of character than the people who prosecuted and harassed Knox have ever shown.

Amen. Or pretty much everyone else who writes in national publications.

By Amanda Knox????

I mean, I wrote a whole book on this!

This was a great read for anyone who is curious. She’s a skilled writer.

Isn't this literally a Simpsons joke?

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