The Democrat said the bill’s “sweeping expansion of eligibility for post-conviction relief” would “up-end the judicial system and create an unjustifiable risk of flooding the courts with frivolous claims,” in a veto letter released Saturday.

Hello? The judicial system is broken. It needs to be upended.

The bill passed by the Legislature in June would have expanded the types of evidence that could be considered proof of innocence, including video footage or evidence of someone else confessing to a crime. Arguments that a person was coerced into a false guilty plea would have also been considered.

Also, how could a claim that requires new evidence that a person was wrongly convicted ever, in any way, be considered frivolous?! What the hell is this idiot thinking?

Prosecutors and advocates for crime victims warned the bill would have opened the floodgates to endless, frivolous legal appeals by the guilty.

Oh, god, no, the horror! Imagine, all the paperwork of people seeking justice. Perhaps some of them are not actually innocent?! What a ridiculous waste of time, allowing people who may not be actually innocent appeal convictions, just because it will allow wrongfully convicted people to go free.

She is such a piece of shit. Everytime I hear about her she's screwing over the little guy. She's supposed to be a Dem.

Ever since the r2r (right to repair) bill got gimped by her, I don't trust her to do anything good

What a piece of shit. I hope the legislature can overturn the veto, but I can't imagine any/many Republicans voted in favor of this.

Katie, what u doin'!

thepoliceproblem

As a kbin user, I have not figured out how to link to Lemmy communities. thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world

In some places people will give a falsified statement for a cigarette and a Twix. Cops know this, too. Just to give a little context as to why this is actually a potentially good thing