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by downwithdisease 1244 days ago
There is a tendency by some to take a story like this one and insinuate that all prosecutions are wrongful ones and all prosecutors guilty of malpractice etc. Kudos to this article's authors or editors for acknowledging the reality that not all cases are "witch hunts" and that sometimes there are "real witches" (or real monsters I'd prefer to call them).

For the sake of balance (in these comments), sadly some similar incidents have been very real and the wheels of justice very slow: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/how-san-antonio-baby...

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Very good point. I also dislike the presupposition that since there was malpractice in one instance, one must assume the same in all others.