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RE: True Crime in the Delaware Valley: Susan Ledyard and Ellen Greenberg case updates
to kill herself with a stab to the back of the skull
Are there really still investigators and representatives of the judicial authorities who participate in such farces and claim such things - this is outrageous.
I think in all American movies, basically, in every murder like this, the first suspect is always the victim's husband or partner, even if he didn't actually do anything, that's where they start. Why not here?
Of course, in Bulgaria, for example, where the judicial system is quite tainted by connections and bribes, many people also do not reach prison at all. Is America that corrupt too?
It's hard to say. The criminal justice system here was designed with the idea that it's supposed to be hard to convict people. That's why we have "beyond a reasonable doubt" as a standard. Growing up, we're all taught, "better that 10 guilty people go free than that one innocent person goes to prison". My gut feeling is that it's the high standard of proof that's delaying an arrest in the first case.
But, yeah, the second case feels a lot more like corruption. Especially when you start digging into the dizzying rat's nest of conflicts and other irregularities that I have glossed over in these articles. Maybe someone could reach a different conclusion, but it's very hard for me to believe that the Greenberg death has been handled "above boards".
Actually, the first suspect is the one reporting the crime.
If it comes to women 90% is killed by someone they know and most of them in their own home.