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syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Well I'm just glad the person or persons who made the call were fired.

*walks away whistling loudly*

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Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
A classic of the genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImLK7B58tWY

Patrick Spens
Jul 21, 2006

"Every quarterback says they've got guts, But how many have actually seen 'em?"
Pillbug

I know this isn't the point, but.. $1000? One thousand dollars was enough to trigger their, "you can't possibly make this much" reflex? Jesus.

M_Sinistrari
Sep 5, 2008

Do you like scary movies?



Patrick Spens posted:

I know this isn't the point, but.. $1000? One thousand dollars was enough to trigger their, "you can't possibly make this much" reflex? Jesus.

It depends on the bank and what they're used to seeing. The bank I work for, we're used to seeing all sorts of payroll/funds disbursements come in that seeing a deposit come in for $10-50,000 doesn't even make me blink anymore.

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Patrick Spens posted:

I know this isn't the point, but.. $1000? One thousand dollars was enough to trigger their, "you can't possibly make this much" reflex? Jesus.

That's $1000 for 3 weeks too.

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope

Patrick Spens posted:

I know this isn't the point, but.. $1000? One thousand dollars was enough to trigger their, "you can't possibly make this much" reflex? Jesus.

The article doesn't say the amount was the issue only that they said "it doesn't match our records." I could only guess what that means but he apparently cashed with no issues at a different branch.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 21 hours!



Goon diet, minus the vegetables.
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/12/18/mspca-fattest-pig-amy-adopt-new-home/

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

Jesus christ

https://mobile.twitter.com/CNN/status/1075521435358105601

I think 1 million for 17 years seems small.

jobson groeth
May 17, 2018

by FactsAreUseless

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Jesus christ

https://mobile.twitter.com/CNN/status/1075521435358105601

I think 1 million for 17 years seems small.

$60k / year for losing 20% of your life is a joke.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Jesus christ

https://mobile.twitter.com/CNN/status/1075521435358105601

I think 1 million for 17 years seems small.

Pretty spooky that the guy also had the same first name.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Lol some states limit the amount that can be given for wrongful convictions to insultingly small amounts, too.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Those men don’t even look that much alike.

Blue Footed Booby
Oct 4, 2006

got those happy feet

Platystemon posted:

Those men don’t even look that much alike.

Not when they're right next to each other, but when you only see a man for a second or two and you'd never seen him before in your life they're plenty close enough for whichever you see in the lineup to just sidle into your memory banks so you think it's who you saw. Brains are weird.

jobson groeth
May 17, 2018

by FactsAreUseless
It's the jury not giving a poo poo about his alibi that is the real messed up part. Dude spent 19 years behind bars because a jury went 'coloured and criminal, we don't give a poo poo about the fact it couldn't be you. Off to prison'

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
The line up was sketchy as hell, he was the only black dude in it with lighter skin

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Blue Footed Booby posted:

Not when they're right next to each other, but when you only see a man for a second or two and you'd never seen him before in your life they're plenty close enough for whichever you see in the lineup to just sidle into your memory banks so you think it's who you saw. Brains are weird.

Calling them “doppelgängers” obscures the real issues. Witnesses are unreliable and juries don’t care.

It’s coincidence that these two men look anything alike. It’s not a requirement for wrongful conviction.

The same thing could have—and has—happened with much less similar men.

e: Of course, if Jones and his lawyers want to use the world “doppelgänger”, more power to them. It’s easier for people to admit they made a mistake when they can believe the perpetrator and the innocent mane are nearly indistinguishable, even if they’re really not.

Platystemon has a new favorite as of 04:09 on Dec 20, 2018

Sodium Chloride
Jan 1, 2008

19 years for stealing a phone? A touch excessive.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Sodium Chloride posted:

19 years for stealing a phone? A touch excessive.

Prior record, most likely

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Randaconda posted:

The line up was sketchy as hell, he was the only black dude in it with lighter skin

I would go so far as to say that every lineup should have a red herring that is at least as similar to the suspect as Amos and Jones are to each other.

If a witness can’t pick out the difference in a lineup, they don’t really remember the face, they just remember characteristics like “light-skinned Hispanic or African-American man who had long hair pulled back”.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Randaconda posted:

Prior record, most likely

That does make sense :rolleye:

C.M. Kruger
Oct 28, 2013
Russian Authorities Cover Snow in White Paint to Hide Signs of Pollution

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

If they’d used lead paint they could have gotten away with it.

LOW ENERGY modern paint doesn’t dry in the cold.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/lisatozzi/status/1075761926016253952

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


Baba Yaga's car?

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.
https://twitter.com/Oregonian/status/1075873455797649413

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

It's better to burn out than fade away.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/status/1075859408805089280

Shneak
Mar 6, 2015

A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.
https://twitter.com/katya_zamo/status/1075868529096683520

Leave
Feb 7, 2012

Taking the term "Koopaling" to a whole new level since 2016.
Well, those kids aren't going to believe in Santa anymore.

Screaming Idiot
Nov 26, 2007

JUST POSTING WHILE JERKIN' MY GHERKIN SITTIN' IN A PERKINS!

BEATS SELLING MERKINS.

ARG for the Santa Clause reboot going well

Henchman of Santa
Aug 21, 2010

City of O.P.P.?

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Henchman of Santa posted:

City of O.P.P.?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opp,_Alabama

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...



Screaming Idiot posted:

ARG for the Santa Clause reboot going well

THE CLAUS IS DEAD



LONG LIVE THE CLAUS

Sir Lemming
Jan 27, 2009

It's a piece of JUNK!
If you strike him down he shall become more jolly than you ever imagined.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

Henchman of Santa posted:

City of O.P.P.?

Yeah you know me

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



Henchman of Santa posted:

City of O.P.P.?

Yeah you know me

e: gently caress

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Aleph Null
Jun 10, 2008

You look very stressed
Tortured By Flan

theflyingorc posted:

Yeah you know me

But are you down with OPP?

Edit:

Phlegmish posted:

Yeah you know me

e: gently caress

More like Owned Person Posting

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Sir Lemming
Jan 27, 2009

It's a piece of JUNK!

This is another one of those headlines where the article body should just say "No."

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