Conflicting Credence Dilemma
The Ochelli Effect 1-3-2019 Carmine Savastano
The initial intent of this particular Thor’s Day discussion was to discuss the damage done by false sexual assault claims. What emerges is a study in how two intelligent people can view the reality of justice and the validity of data collected in a world that is most often thought to be black and white in nature. Life and reality are more active in the grayscale.
A lot of the two hours was dominated by a heated debate that we leave to the listener’s judgment.
Perhaps we can all agree that much can be done to improve all the situations described.
Are statistics and data from the American legal system a fair representation of reality?
There is also another near hour of discussion under downloadable content: 2019 Exclusives from this show that is not included in the regular podcast. It is only for members at Ochelli.com and Patreon supporters.
Conflicting Credence Dilemma
1: Edecio Martinez, (December 9, 2009), Biurny Peguero Says Gang Rape Story Was Hoax; Man She Put in Jail 5 Years Isn’t laughing, CBS News, cbsnews.com
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biurny-peguero-says-gang-rape-story-was-hoax-man-she-put-in-jail-5-years-isnt-laughing/
2: Oren Yaniv, (December 10, 2009), Judge drops rape charges against William McCaffrey after accuser admits to perjury, New York Daily News, nydailynews.com
3: Man freed after 29 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit, Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 5, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr7Y02TnseQ
4: Mark Puente, (May 6, 2010), Raymond Towler, freed after 29 years in prison, wants a new life and a good pizza (video), blog.cleveland.com
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/raymond_towler_freed_after_29.html
5: Lee Cowan, Wrongfully accused rapist exonerated after 5 years in jail, CBS News, May 24, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP2syWS-2M0
6: Wrongly accused man pardoned, set free, WAVY-TV 10, November 20, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S843ZQca1A
7: Todd Corillo, (November 9, 2012), Woman who accused wrongfully convicted man of sexual assault arrested, WKTR News, November 9, 2012
https://wtkr.com/2012/11/09/attorney-generals-office-blocks-release-of-wrongfully-convicted-man/
8: Man walks out a jail a free man after rape charges dropped, says justice system failed him, ABC 10 News, abc10.com, November 12, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHpFyDzzZGk