Bad boys, bad boys...watcha gonna do?

[GMDino]

http://www.cracked.com/article_24994_5-shocking-failures-criminal-justice-youve-never-heard.html

Quote:5 Shocking Failures Of Criminal Justice You've Never Heard




The legal system isn't run by all-knowing super-robots (yet), so we're stuck with regular old law enforcement officers, who are human beings. 



Ones who are going to make mistakes. Sometimes authorities make the right call. Sometimes they make honest mistakes. But then there are the times you get stories like ...


5 A Woman Reported Her Stalker To The Cops 125 Times, And They Did Nothing (Until He Nearly Murdered Her)

4 A Police Officer Was Fired For Not Shooting A Suicidal Man

3 A Man Spent 17 Years In Jail After Being Mistaken For His Doppelganger

2 All Kinds Of Things Are Constantly Mistaken For Drugs



1 A Mistranslation Landed A Man In Guantanamo Bay For 13 Years

Full stories at the link.  Fun read.