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<a href="http://www.billmangelaw.com/index.php/156/">http://www.billmangelaw.com/index.php/156/</a> <p>It Is SO Easy To Accuse, And Convict, When ... </p> <p> It is so easy to accuse.  Every 3rd grader who had some classmate tell lies about him knows this.  </p> <p> It is especially easy to accuse when you are a lying cop.  The American Statesman <br /> <a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/20/0320officer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=52" title="reported on March 19, 2008">reported on March 19, 2008</a> that James Learmonth, a fired Austin Police Department officer lied in his report to bolster his accusation that a citizen was in possession of drugs and drug paraphenalia.  </p> <p> And it is so easy to convict, when you sit on a jury and choose to believe a lying cop because you think that “no cop would risk his career over this.” Because that possession of drug paraphenalia charge is <u>usually</u> just a Class C Misdemeanor (the same level as a parking ticket).  </p> <p> What did James Learmonth have to gain by lying in his report?  Why in the world would he do that?  If your answer is “I don’t know,” I beg you to think about it some more.  If you still have no answer, talk about it with your friends and family.  <br /> </p> <p>And I beg you to stop thinking that “where there is smoke, there must be fire” when it comes to criminal allegations.  </p> <p> Because it is so easy to accuse. </p>