Many of us tend to think that truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

Easier to embrace when it falls in line with what the beholder already believes.

Start telling the truth.

plain and simple.

Start telling the truth.

But minds can be awfully hard to change once an idea takes root.

And this is a little town in Arkansas.

They wanted a neck.

They wanted somebody to hit you.

But what if they were wrong?

What the polygraph was registering wasn't connecting with the truth.

What if they were presented with a new truth? Facts not previously known.

We sent the prophylactic wrapper off to a lab and they found the DNA.

It was like it didn't matter.

The DNA was some other male. For most of us, a refusal to accept new

facts or admit error might be considered an intellectual failing, a personal flaw. Some people

are so hard-headed that they don't try to find out the truth.

But for cops and prosecutors, authorities armed with the awesome power of the state,

such stubbornness can be dangerous, not just for the people they pursue, but for the institutions they serve.

We're supposed to pursue the truth. And regardless of where that leads, even if I'm wrong,

even if I discover that the truth means I'm wrong, I should be willing to go down that road

and say this is the truth.

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