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Argumentative Essay: The Trial Of James Bain
On the dusk of March 4, 1974, an African American by the name of James Bain is convicted of raping a nine-year-old boy at a baseball field in Lake Wales, Florida. The victim reported that the offender was 17 or 18 years old and had bushy sideburns. After police revealed photographs of six potential suspects, only two of them had sideburns. On the grounds that James Bain has side burns, he was interrogated around midnight the next day. Upon interrogation, Bain declared that he was watching television on the night of the attack. Even with an alibi backed by his sister, the police still arrested him. On the day of the trail, the FBI presented the victim's underwear that contained the rapist’s semen. Although they had the semen of the rapist, DNA

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