Causes
Errors of impunity can be caused in much the same ways as miscarriages of justice can, including, without limitation, the following:
- A skilled lawyer might be able to exploit a technicality in order to have crucial evidence ruled inadmissible.
- A skilled defense lawyer can make an otherwise credible witness lose his or her credibility by making the witness appear mentally incompetent in other aspects of his or her daily life (e.g. a person with autism might be labeled as mentally insane due to their neurological disorder, therefore questioning if the witness was having hallucinations).
- A type of legal immunity, such as diplomatic immunity or sovereign immunity.
- corrupt judges, police, or detectives that can be bought off.
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