My thinking was rather that they might suspect you to have tied the people to the tracks. If they don’t find evidence of anyone else on-site, you do become the prime suspect. Obviously, you should never be sentenced, unless they can actually prove that you did the crime. But that’s assuming a functioning judicial system.
Especially minorities, that may get discriminated against, generally share the wisdom to not be seen anywhere near a crime scene…
They might not have surveillance footage of the rails, or the criminal might have worn a mask and similar clothes to you. Or maybe they think, you helped the person that tied them to the rails.
There’s just a lot of things that can go wrong, which you can’t control. And discriminated folks have reason to not be optimistic here…
could they charge you with deaths that would happen anyway?
My thinking was rather that they might suspect you to have tied the people to the tracks. If they don’t find evidence of anyone else on-site, you do become the prime suspect. Obviously, you should never be sentenced, unless they can actually prove that you did the crime. But that’s assuming a functioning judicial system.
Especially minorities, that may get discriminated against, generally share the wisdom to not be seen anywhere near a crime scene…
if there’s surveillance footage it shouldn’t matter, right?
They might not have surveillance footage of the rails, or the criminal might have worn a mask and similar clothes to you. Or maybe they think, you helped the person that tied them to the rails.
There’s just a lot of things that can go wrong, which you can’t control. And discriminated folks have reason to not be optimistic here…