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Should a person be put back into jail if they've proved they're innocent after being convicted?

Here's an example:
Bob was arrested one day for robbing a bank. Bob failed to prove his innocence in court, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. While in prison, Bob thought up of a way to prove that he's innocent. Bob breaks out of jail, and proves he's innocent.

The court finds Bob innocent in the initial case, but escaping jail is a crime!

Should Bob be put back into jail because he broke out?
 
no. he shouldn't.
 
Nope Pardoned on Both accounts, because if he wasn't wrongly convicted in the first place he would of never been in jail. But Since he originally broke out of jail I doubt a court would listen to anything he has to say regarding the matter.
 
Kleenex said:
He should serve his time for escaping, but he'd be cleared of his original crime.


Why couldn't Bob just talk to his lawyer?
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Agreed. And this happens all the time, exept for the escaping part lol. but i read recently a man served ten years for a rape he didnt commit and was just released do to dna evidence he even tried to appeal or whatever like 10 times.
 
Anyone who thinks he should serve extra time is a total MORON!

Of course not! The state would get sued billions of dollars alone just for making an innocent person get put in prison for 10 years, imagine 25!!!
 
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Deacon Frost said:
He should be pardoned on both parts, as it was the government's mistake in the first place and they should forgive him for breaking out.
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This is what normally happens in US.

Angelmax said:
Bob should have appealed rather than actually committing a crime.
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You didn't answer the question.
 
This hardly constitutes an intelligent debate. More of a riddle, if you ask me.

On Sythe, do you get unbanned if you create a new account to dispute your old account?

I researched and found a legitimate answer:

I think the strictly legal answer of breaking out of prison is a crime. However, we have a discretionary legal system, and it's extremely routine for a law not to be enforced if for example the offense is not really within the intended purpose of the law (using marijuna to treat Parkinson's for example vs. teenagers driving around stoned), or, in this case, if there's a moral underpinning to the escape. For instance, a cop can bust someone for "disobeying a posted sign," a lesser offense and fine, rather than for speeding, if they choose.

Basically, rather than being a robotic arm of the law, the police and judiciary use the law as a framework to apply society's moral standards. I can't recall if that's actually explicitly how it's supposed to be, but certainly it's how it goes. It's hard to say whether they'd prosecute the guy; the public outcry would be so overwhelming that it'd be hard to, and I suspect they'd find any technicality concievable to avoid prosecuting him.
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You Cannot be tried for the same crime twice, so if he were called innocent and he really did rob the bank, he could walk up to the judge and say "Hey I robbed that bank" and the judge cannot do anything about it. I DO NOT think he should be tried for breaking out, because he was doing it to prove his innocence, and if they don't want him to break out, then they should have made the jail better. That is all there is to it.
 
He definitely should be put back in jail. Not for the crime, but for breaking out.
 
Isn't there a final submision or somthing?

He would probably get longer for breaking out lol... Yes back to jail..
 
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