The problem with this is that prosecutors would then have incentive to double-down on bad cases simply because they don't want to cost their department any money. A lot of prosecutors want wins more so than justice, so they will still go after bad or shotty cases against innocent people hoping for a win but then not relenting on obvious case facts proving innocence in order to not lose AND cover the defendant's lawyer costs.

@ranjaxwolf Oh They will be held liable when the lawsuit goes through, attorney fees + damages + expunge records. This is how you get rid of incompetent prosecutors, one lawsuit at a time.

Agreed.

a prosecutor that incompetent should be disbarred as too stupid to practice law

So, do DA's look at stuff like this as a big joke at dinner parties? I'm 54. I've never been arrested, but I would hate to be arrested due to general laziness and stupidity?

Greg T: what monetary recourse does the man have? City should be libel to pay for car storage.

Greg, your reply is valuable, we seldom get to hear the professional speak against unreasonable acts by officials, and they happen ever more often than they did decades ago.

@@johnmcclain3887 Or, they absolutely happened decades ago, and you just didn’t hear about it.

Pigs are all da same like my boy said icecube will swarm on any MF in da blue uniform

Those circumstances would have me hiding in the officer's bushes at night.

That's false arrest, you should have sued.

I spent the entire not in jail one time for a no-bail warrant. That didn't exist. They just cut me loose at like 6:00am , 10 miles from my house. Went to the Sherrif office and verified... no warrant for anything. No apologies, no offer of a ride home.

The police are not your friends, i hope you learned that. They only do three things, Beat, rob and cage anyone without a badge. They actually support the bad cops regularly.

Lucky you are alive....be thankful.

@@rex8255 They release you after a certain time for many reasons. Sometimes the current shift don't want to do the paperwork, & just pass it on to the next shift. Each county get paid $300-500 per inmate per day by the government, so do the math. It has become a cash cow, instead of serving the law. So they purposely keep you for a few extra hours so they could collect their pay.

Police AND prosecutor. I guess one could say these are very busy people, but it certainly makes you wonder just when due process is supposed to kick in.

All police in the legal system exists as a form of coercive economic and material violence against the individual.

Their job is to make arrests and prosecute. Guilt or innocence is irrelevant.

We have a lot of that here in New Jersey. Call the police to have them come to your house and make excuses why they can't investigate, or take down information only to never get back to you. Highest property taxes in the nation and the police are riding the gravy train.

Charging someone with a felony by mail is just lazy. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLiRnqSmrbfLpaM.html An early morning no-knock raid at least makes it appear like they are taking the job seriously. This is too fishy all around, but I guess, that's why it made the news.

I see your comments in some of the most interesting places. How've you been doing man? Hope all is well.

Chocolate rain guy out here spitting facts. More accountability and repercussions are needed.

It's called "qualified immunity," it means it's nearly impossible to charge prosecutors or law enforcement for mistakes made while trying to do their job. It means we are expected to bear the costs of their mistakes, and it's unjust.

@ HIS NAME WAS MARVIN HEEMEYER

@@stopcreepingyouweirdo On the other hand, every single criminal would be suing them to delay their prosecution other wise. If one can show true incompetence or malice, one can usually get permission to sue. But it has to be aggregious.

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS.

Nice to hear someone got that situation as corrected as it could be.

Wow ,doing it correctly , Nice for a change.

Lucky or had a good at torneys

Yep. I've seen stories about this happening in airports, etc. The idiot droids at the airport could have checked all sorts of other information, e.g. height, scars, eye colour, age, place of birth, places where they lived, etc. but they didn't. Lots of innocent people get arrested based on ONLY their name. How many people are there called Steve Lehto? Doh! Doh! What idiots!

Guilt or innocence has nothing to do with their thought process. Prosecutors proceed with their case because THEY THINK THEY CAN GET A CONVICTION. Convictions are how they rate their performance score. They could care less if they send an innocent person to prison or the death chamber. david

Its not incompetence. It's a strategy to rack up wins.

The prosecutor in this case was not only incompetent, he was maliciously apathetic and callous. Definitely should go to jail but we know he won't . Because we have an unjust justice system. If I were the victim, I would only hope Karma will get justice for me.

i dont think so, unless the intent was to make a false charge. people make mistakes. but they Absolutely should be charged with the defense fees and wasting time for the mistake.

My feeling about this is if a prosecutor places more emphasis on winning a case, rather than revealing the truth of what actually happened, that prosecutor should be prosecuted for malfeasance under color of law. If it was proven beyond a doubt that the prosecutor knew, or should have known that the accused was actually innocent, but was prosecuted anyway, and the accused spent time in jail or prison, then the prosecutor him or herself should spend an equivalent time in jail or prison and lose their law license! I would refer back to the early times of especially Blacks getting railroaded to guilt with the southern kangaroo type corrupt courts that the democrats in the south were involved in. The two fake "impeachments" of Donald Trump was such an example of how corruption was / is a specialty of the left.

Scott is probably white

@@timothyspencer8456 Idiot comment.

Nah, he wasn't black or poor white.

And shoot the dog

True statement. Too many innocent people are wrongfully targeted, even killed, by police incompetence. There are numerous incidents where the police rolled the wrong address and killed the people who challenged them. I would also add that those of you who are overwhelming supportive of the police, need to understand that in the ranks of the good guys there exist officers who use their badges as license to abuse people. The whole recruitment of police officers should be reviewed to screen out these potential bullies and killers.

More like out of the tax payer

@@TheForgottenProgidy So?

@@TheForgottenProgidy You mean the tax payers who voted the politicians who let it happen? Yeah, they can pay for it.

I’m sure there was a judge involved too.

Nope, it's not ending in Colorado. It's almost like they never ended it. Cops think they are still untouchable.

This isn't a qualified immunity thing, technically is judicial immunity and prosecutorial immunity, both of these are forms of sovereign immunity, a inherent immunity supported via case law by the supreme court, I agree that qualified immunity needs to end in its current form, I'm just tired of people that don't understand what qualified immunity is, this isn't qualified immunity this is immunity that exists since the well before we were even a country and derived from English law and to be clear this form of immunity exists in every democracy that I know of, to put it simply judges and prosecutors are protected from suit or criminal action so long no malpractice or misconduct was at play, I do not see any here not that I agree with the actions

@@jaykoerner the malpractice here would be the laziness of the investigation on both the police part and the DA's part. Not getting the full story or even trying to get it would fall under that category. A performance that falls below the professional minimum standard, a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an ordinary degree of professional skill which results in a loss, injury, or damage. The 5k would be considered a loss would it not? The stress that dude is experiencing is a loss. Besides, the OP was talking about the police, not the DA. The police failed as well thinking it's an easy win for them due to negligent investigating.

@@Geckotan Start suing in mass

Yes, that's terrifying. And now Police, detectives are allowed to lie in order to obtain evidence. The problem is that sometimes these lies by corrupt law enforcement are entered as facts and innocent lives are destroyed.

This is so under rated. It needs more likes. But prosecutors shouldn't be threatened with or be fearful of frivolous suits where they do their job responsibly, but we need legal standards that define their responsibility. And maybe attempting to talk with a suspect before formally filing charges should be a required responsibility. Doing so would give a suspect the opportunity to clear things up with evidence so convincing that a prosecuting attorney would chose not to charge rather than bring charges and later drop charges. This should be required of prosecuting attorneys.

And also prosecutors refuse to charge people for certain crimes.

@@SamBrickell It’s not just certain crimes, but certain people. They want a high conviction rate without a lot of work, so they go after poor people who can’t afford the highest level of legal representation. The rich people lawyers will file motion after motion, drag it out, make it expensive, explore every technicality in the law to try to get them off. Make it an exhausting investment of time and energy for the prosecution.

@@MP197742 exactly. This is the elephant in the room that nobody in the system wants to talk about….. why? Because they all benefit from “professional courtesies” at some level. And that in itself is highly unethical

Well this is just like the prosecutor who wanted to prosecute my cell phone ticket. In Minnesota, using a cell phone with your hands while driving. Therefore I have a hands-free setup. I also have Google Assistant to do more detailed things with my phone. Thankfully, because of what I do, my phone record most of what I do on the phone, including what apps I open, what websites I go to, and what I'm touching. State trooper pulled me over and informed me that he observed me using my phone. I knew that was patently false, and I could prove it. Of course I opened my phone to provide him with the digital insurance card, and in his report he claimed my phone open to a Snapchat like app. The prosecutor then claimed he wanted to take it to trial, he felt he had enough evidence to prove it. The dashboard camera footage did not match his written report, nor did it match his statement to the prosecutor. The prosecutor in bad faith continued this case, because even though I proved to him with the logs from my phone, he still wanted to prosecute it. It cost me $150 in hiring an attorney before he was willing to drop it. He initially refused to even hand over the dashboard camera footage until the judge told him either hand it over or it's getting dismissed. Some prosecutors are absolutely on a power trip, and do not care about who they hurt on the way.

@@chubbysumo2230 They are in it for the WIN. Don't care who gets hurt.

@@chubbysumo2230 not wanting to burst bubbles but believing the law is for " using your hands " to hold the phone is ridiculous. The law is designed in an attempt to have the driver " PAY ATTENTION " to the road. If your brain was on the phone , YOU were on the phone. and apparently you have the apps to prove it.

@@Verifiedbyme if that was the case, then handsfree setups and GPS wayfinders would be illegal too, which they arent.

@@Verifiedbyme your point is correct, but the laws are written in a way that involves your hands. The OP was correct by law

That last paragraph!!😂😂😂😂ohhh, maaan , the idiocracy factor!!😂😂😂

$$$$ business

Lot's of bureaucrats to feed, paralegals, bondsmen, sheriff's departments, constables, private contractors, then count all the contractors handling all the other stuff, suppliers....... paper companies , printers.

Yup, just like the previous 2 commenters have said, $$$$$$. Even the jail system itself is a money making scheme. They don't care who they jail, it matters NOT. They (the county) gets paid $300-500 per inmate per day by the government. So do the math. How do I know this figure? A jail guard at Gwinnett county got fed up with the system & told us inmates about it.

It would be nice if the culture of not naming prosecutors would go away. Courts and newspapers needs to quit being so reluctant to name them.

Cops could investigate? Get statements from accused?

@phillip miller But a pattern of ignorance can lead to incompetence and removal from the position. So yeah, even ignorance needs to be tracked.

Actually they are interested in full jail cells for funding to line their pockets with.

And also expunge all records. Make the record disappear forever

He has other means of recourse but that means breaking the law, bad. If this happened to me, officer friendly would end up in a shipping container in the woods and be given the opportunity to make some wire transfers to save his family’s life. Not his life as you can’t leave witnesses, just his family. The irony. To have justice with our current legal system I’d be forced to take far more than what was taken from me.

​@@EnthalpyAndEntropyjesus christ get mental help you kwyboard warrior

@@joeambly6807 my mind is just fine. It’s the police and courts that are wrong and need to change their evil, unconstitutional ways. If you’re worried I’d go after a cop’s family, realize 2 things. First, in a democracy, we the people are responsible for what our agents do. That includes the cop’s family. Second, you can’t have justice without symmetry. My innocence is worth more than a bad, crooked cop. To have justice, innocence must be taken for innocence. Again, no mental deficiency here.

And Judges also because they cannot be sued !

If the victim were a very rich man, he certainly would not have been treated like a criminal like the way he had been treated. The cops, prosecutor and the judge in this case are all responsible for the persecution of this innocent man. I don't think the justice system will make them pay for their apathetic attitude that caused the innocent man to suffer. May be Karma will work when the justice system fails.

It will also make them not prosecute anyone.

@@HalkerVeil Then replace them with someone who WILL do the job the way it is supposed to be done!

@@randallsullivan3692 There are not enough people who qualify.

Bingo.

Yep, some some / many prosecutors it's all about ego and getting the wins. Sounds like the cops didn't do a very good job either, but the buck has to really stop at the prosecutor.

As with any business, the goal is profit, convictions are just another sale to them.

Never underestimate the ability of humans to procrastinate and fail to complete a case with any competence. This may not have been anything other than case overload. And of course, incompetence in not looking at the evidence in a timely fashion.

Prosecutors are supposed to serve the interests of justice but it's well known that they try to rack up wins irrespective of justice to bolster their careers.

Every doctor, nurse, paramedic and EMT, can be held liable. Qualified immunity is not reasonable in a free society with a market solution.

If the premiums are paid by public money, then it’s on the public dime. They should paid their own premiums like in other industries. It’s a good idea, but it still lets the cop off the hook for any wrong doing.

@@drink15 I'm sure the idea can be refined greatly. But, they get their salary from the public anyway. So we're still paying for it. But department paid premiums may incentivize the chief to keep better officers. So we may be splitting hairs here. Good comment.

Just like doctors and rn's have

Does the public pay malpractice insurance for Doctors or Nurses? Get rid if the police Union and the Ferturnal Order of Police. These two groups do everything to undermine justice.

Now imagine your name is D J Trump and the Judge hearing your indictment is a former employee of a certain Hunter Biden....?

That’s what the second amendment is for. Judges and prosecutors bleed the same as everyone else.

In government, when you screw up…. You get promoted. As the easiest way to get someone moved is to promote them. To fire someone in a government job would take too much paperwork and documentation.

The problem remains. Your asking the "Good 'ol boy" systems to honor the request of someone who is not in the group against a member of the group. Ask any prosecutor, they will tell you they are *ALMOST* always guilty. The problem is we make it easy to assume they are. Get pulled over for a warrant, get arrested, and then released because they realized your the wrong person. You will have to pay hundreds of dollars to get your car back, and in some cases, find a way home from the police department at 3am with a dead cell phone (or a receipt for you to come get your property the next day). Can't call friends unless you have the number memorized, can't call uber, and it's not like the police are going to take you home, or to your car.

That’s how it is America, I think for some yogurt murder in Texas Police got like 50 people to confess to it. They just tell show you pictures of a lethal injection table and say confess or you’ll get this etc.

Standard operating procedure for these fuck up in the "Just Us" system

"Innocent until proven guilty" is about the TRIAL, not the pressing of charges.

That's the United States. Here in the USA, you are AUTOMATICALLY guilty until you're proven innocent.

@@acoow Well... since he is NOT guilty they cant treat him like he is guilty. Press charges yes, but: Thats not being guilty. And: The prosecutor should not press charges unless he actually have a case. And to have a case he need all evidence. And he didn't.

Yikes, that's beyond horrible!!

Such false allegations without due process investigation ought to be a felony itself.

And I bet those sociopaths have zero remorse for the damage their mistakes caused to your family.

@@RiversJit is a felony. It’s felony perjury and disparaging civil rights under color of law among a host of other things.

Next time lock the door skippy.

This is why we have a second amendment. Judges and cops bleed the same as everyone else.

Lol your so extra.

@@joeambly6807 you're*

Not just their money back. But 5x the amount.

@@IIGrayfoxII Paid by the prosecutor personally. Like Kyle's Law, having to do with completely unfounded malicious prosecution.

get their money back and all involved on the prosecutions side should be put to death

This is an problem of education and currently the goal of those in power is to spread ignorance, not reduce it, because it benefits them. Social media was created to do just that, spread misinformation through confirmation bias by allowing people to form echo chambers via blocking and "community guidelines" so they only hear the point of view they want to hear.

Because until it happens to them, they believe what they are taught in kindergarten and on shows like COPS.

Even networks that are supposedly conservative have played a significant role in promoting this perspective and public attitude over the last few decades. Nancy Grace, for example, seems to be featured across the political spectrum, sadly enough.

@@ReluctantPost Yep. More like Nancy Graceless.

@@laurielewis2745 I doubt that there is any public figure from the legal community who believes less in America’s concepts of justice, like presumed innocence until guilt is proven, or John Adams’ example of the most maligned people having high-quality legal representation. Yet she is paraded on media outlets as if she should have the public’s regard. She would fit much better in an authoritarian system.

Let's hope that he fixes it these azzez get screwed fired

Thanks for the note!

The side effect of qualified immunity is it promotes abusive and unconstitutional policing.

@@zomakblah7804 Which is incompetent policing. The reason those standards are in place is to force the government to follow forms that protect society, and ensure quality of work. Mostly.

@@chickenmonger123 "incompetent " is to apply errors threw ignorance, and that isn't what's occurring.

Neither you, nor the other three who have [so far] replied to your comment have a clue what qualified immunity is. All you know is that you have been told that it is bad and don't care to learn what it is so that you can form your own opinion instead of adopting the one that has been assigned to you.

@@zomakblah7804 No that isn’t the definition of incompetence. Incompetence is the inability to do something successfully. And as a system of policing, that is what we are talking about.

In Catholic countries every extended family needs: a priest a nun a cop, the higher rank the better a military officer, the higher rank the better a lawyer, better a judge Get the idea?

In a Protestant country like the USA you are SOL

I beg to differ if you are using a debit card that is timestamped to the second. You can track my whereabouts very specifically. Time to go back to cash.

Absolutely! This is also why it’s important to always keep your receipts!!

Thank you for that info, Chris. I didn't know about that. Useful information!

yeah I was thinking the same; there's no reason for the bank time to be wrong, though the camera setup at the washing station is most likely wrong by several minutes/hours. Even if it ran completely accurate, maybe it wasn't set up for Winter/Summer time or something

Well that is a nice Sentiment but taxpayers have to shell out the 500 million dollars and there is ABSOLUTELY NO PUNISHMENT WHATSOEVER to the cops or prosecutors who were too lazy to do their jobs. So the only people you are punishing had nothing to do with it.

@@robjohnson8522 , well isn't it "WE THE PEOPLE" who are the ones who confer the power to arrest and jail the suspect "on our behalf"? Morally power comes with responsibility and if those the people appoint abuse it and pass the buck, that buck should ultimately stop in the lap of WE THE PEOPLE. Still, just because Geoff is on the jury doesn't mean he gets to tell everyone what the judgment is. B-)

@@solarnaut "Morally power comes with responsibility " Absolutely - just not 500 million dollars worth! ;)

They will claim qualified immunity.

@@gregculverwell now you know why Tom Wales, former prosecutor, is very dead. : )

Huh? Why does he need this?

Actually he needs go after the police department and prosecutor not united states government, even though they might have immunity. He needs to prove that immunity is void because of something. There is a fine line of what immunity can do and not can do, like destroying evidence for no reason or just make look good.

Where? In the government’s court? In a "common law court?" The sheriff doesn't obey "common law court," "sovereign citizen court," whatever, orders.

System is corrupt to the core and nothing but a good 'ol boy network of sleazebag crooks

It is not a crime to be lazy and incompetent.

@@acoow It's not about being lazy and incompetent. It's about callousness and corruption.

I call it the American Injustice System.

I assure you it wasn't "a email". There is so much bullshit that goes on pretrial that wracks up insane bills. Especially over a year

Or maliciously file charges to have someone pay attorney fees-a common police practice to hurt citizens. I have recently experienced it and I was TOTALLY innocent.

What if the man moved or wasn't home to deal with this case? In life things happen. The man should be reimbursed the $5k he spent plus money to compensate him. Give him $5k for all his trouble and it comes out of the DA's and police pockets.

This is happening because "The People".. Constitutionally speaking.. Have allowed government to become our overlords, They are no longer servants of the people and the community. The average working person in this case would have been screwed. The courts, police, prosecutor, could give a damn whether someone is innocent. All they want it conviction to show their "great conviction record".. Which is one reason I will never vote for one with a record that doesn't have loses. Not everyone that goes to court is guilty. Actually a much higher percentage than should be are innocent. It's figured that 10% of people in jail are actually innocent. Think about that.. 1 in 10.. That's insane!! And they wonder why people no longer trust police or our "justice" system..

What happens is normally that the public defender advises the person to take a plea deal (because they often get away with time served when they couldn't afford bail), but then the conviction sticks on their record and hurts job prospects/rental opportunities/etc for years to come. It is policing for profit and political clout, and poor people make good targets because they can't fight back.

@@BDaltonYoung The really sad part is once a person is booked into jail they are entered into a database which the FBI and Homeland Security access. This new record never goes away even though the person was not tried or found guilty of any crime.

It's surprisingly common that a poor person gets accused of a crime they didn't commit, can't post bail, and after months of being treated like a subhuman animal in a filthy and overcrowded jail, they end up confessing guilt to a crime they didn't commit just because the prosecutor said they could go home as long as they sign the papers. In almost every one of those cases - the prosecutor was in fact telling the truth. Sign the paper saying that you're guilty, and you go home. The fact that you didn't commit the crime is irrelevant.

False arrest is not defined as arresting someone who later turns out to not be the perpetrator of the crime - even if that arrest came from incompetence and sloth.

@@acoow oh ok , it must be unlawful arrest then. He no doubt was arrested.

Thanks for doing a diligent investigation. More investigations should be this thorough.

“The police don’t care what stress their actions cause.” Not true. They do care about the level of stress they cause, as it is their imperative to cause innocent people as much stress, hardship and actual harm as possible. Oh, that is alongside of cashing unearned paychecks and eating free donuts.

Biff, Bam, Slap, Kick! You go, Matthew K. There's a lot of stories out there. Don't let Steve have 'em all.

Yep, me too! I got set up by crooked cops. When I got to court, the judge took one look at the charges, shook his head about one of them, and apologized to me in open court. For some unknown reason though, he didn't toss the entire thing. Still wound up with a stupid misdemeanor charge. I hate our judicial system.

The exact reason I use my age excuse to NEVER serve on a jury again. The system is corrupt to the core and has zero accountability!

@@jtandme-ot9cl I have a medical exemption, thank God! I've never had to do jury duty. It's basically my nightmare to have to do it.

They only care for prosecutions, not for the truth.

That is true and ought to be done away with. If the intent is to charge a person money for their incarceration, have a shred of honest and make it a fine as part of the sentencing.

One cent per day might be about right

@@rogerdewhurst5750 Even one cent per day is dangerous. it leaves the door open for "miscellaneous fees" and other lies to drive the price up drastically, just like college tuition. If "the state" wants custody of someone, for reasons good or otherwise, they ought to assume all of the responsibilities of that custody. If it is too expensive to do so, maybe look at cost-cutting, or perhaps being less eager to hold so many people in custody.

@@MonkeyJedi99 exactly. Make the state liable-if they hold ppl for free they'll just arrest everyone & let it get sorted out later (if they can afford a lawyer, otherwise might as well just sentence at time of arrest).

Bonner County Idaho = $25/day.

Yeah, ok. That's a joke. The largest gang in the world, and you think we are going to do anything, 😂

@@TheRoadhammer379 more of us then them?

Sue the government itself? It's not a human being; it's a "thing." Sue it in its court? Before its judge?

Prosecutors have unions too?

And all unions even the teachers union and it all

all public sector unions should be illegal.

Prosecutors are lawyers, who are almost all members of the bar association mutual protection society.

@@rajnikantsharma What does that have to do with what I said. They do enjoy qualified immunity witch is a problem in its self.

I agree. We are held accountable for our mistakes.

@@danburch9989 As with this poor guy sometimes we're held accountable for other people's mistakes.

So if the court / system makes accountability not possible. That could be a bad thing. Remember killdozer.

Rather, they get re-elected as "tough on crime" in conservative land.

Or like Kamala Harris, in democrat-land, the minions ignore her charging endless petty non-violent pot possession felonies against minorities because she’s a non-white democrat….and your point is??

The name Binger popped into my head for some reason.....

Honestly that should be AUTOMATIC. If you are accused and declared innocent, all records pertaining to you and the accusation, including any arrest records, should cease to exist.

​@@jeremydale4548 Yes it should be automatic. Quite a few things that should be automatic simply aren't though. For example, right now there's a case before the supreme court where a man whom everyone agrees is innocent has to rot in jail because he ran out of appeals before the interpretation of the law changed which made him innocent and they don't want to let him go free entirely because of their procedures. If, however, they just had an internal rule to automatically free anyone in such a situation there would be no problems and the system wouldn't be congested. Expecting our justice system to ever be logical or just is expecting too much.

The fact that isn't automatic should frankly be illegal.

That bring's up an interesting question: Can you sue for wrongful prosecution before a verdict? Plus the burden of proof is less in civil, than it is in criminal cases.

Just make it legal to kill prosecutors that fuck up like this, shit will be taken care of rather quickly.

@@roberthudson1959 Do you have to prove a motive for malice or could an absolute disregard of exculpatory facts be malice?

@@anthonynorton666 with the current standard, you'd essentially have to prove malice. Theoretically "reckless disregard" for the facts could sustain a lawsuit but realistically it won't fly @Robert Hudson The reason for the government creating this tort is that that would waive sovereign immunity for these particular situations. There's several laws like this where the government allows people to sue under certain circumstances that absent that law would be barred by sovereign immunity.

Why does it always seem the burden of proof is on the accused and not the accuser? That right there is crap!

Charging court fees to expunge a bogus dropped charge due to their screwup is exceedingly messed up! How can they do that? They messed up, they dropped the charges, its their job to make the record reflect that!

I agree. The time on my work computer is 20 to 22 min slower than the time on our surveillance cameras, and lets not get started on the office desk phones. There is a bunch of stupid gross negligence in the part of the Law in this case. He really should seek financial judgement against them.

At work we went with the 3 minutes rule. Meaning that a person time could be up to 3 minutes early or late.

Which is why any medium sized business should take the time to have a centralized source of truth (NTP server) that then points to NIST or another known good NTP source.

@@IanBPPK Yes ... but what if there's an issue with that internal server? The reality is that the RTC chips in every desktop computer, server, and embedded system on the planet were never intended to be used as a source of evidence in a courtroom.

@@IanBPPK Thats not really their problem. Its not any sized companies job to make it easier to prosecute someone and in the case security cameras the time doesnt need to be accurate to the second to catch and prosecute theft

But this sounds like the DA screw up & not the police. Before they pursue charges and felony charges at that, you would expect better review of the evidence.

@@kfelix2934 The police were supposed to perform an investigation before they hand it off to the DA for prosecution. The police's investigation wasn't thorough, and the DA should have refused to prosecute without solid evidence. Both the police and the DA screwed up here.

This was where my thoughts went when first watching the video. The charges were made throughout Idaho and Washington. Most of Idaho is in a different time zone than Washington.

Its still tax dollars, you and I are paying for it. Even if you reduce the pay by that amount, we are still on the hook.