Some things aren't going to change anytime soon, e.g. the media will always report sensationalist news. I don't focus too much on those.
Some things would be easy enough to change and should. One relates directly to the expertise on this forum.
If a cop fires a weapon needlessly or mistakenly, you can bet he'll be investigated by Internal Affairs to figure out what the circumstances were and to prevent it from happening again. What I'd suggest is that every time a D.A. accuses someone without the right evidence being collected first, it's no different that misfiring a weapon. The damage is done, and you need to figure out why it happened to insure that you prevent it from happening again.
That simply isn't happening. Perhaps the community of computer security professionals needs to put out a statement on how these searches ought to be conducted. Those who call themselves computer forensic experts are a public embarrassment. Their sloppy and unprofessional investigative work tarnishes those they accuse as well as the reputations of real security professionals.
Pehaps these criminal units need to have a better source for their forensic experts and there needs to be better screening of what makes them qualified. Send 'em here first so we can test them since those hiring them simply aren't qualified to judge.
"problem is when a "DA" makes a "mistake" nothing happens to them"
As someone who's spent time locked up in jail for no damn reason.... damn right, nothing happens to 'the man' when they make a false accusation and drop all their charges.
You still lost those days out of your life and still have a bigass lawyer bill to pay and the prosecutor goes on to the next case without a care that they fucked up.
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