Re "Scandal Shows Why Innocent Plead Guilty," Dec. 31: It is
interesting how those officers who are sworn to enforce the law decide
to commit perjury and how prosecutors and judges ignore blatant signs
of perjury. It is justice around the constitutional protections
established to assure a fair trial.

I have seen police officers perjure themselves in traffic offenses,
but the prison sentences that were gained for the prosecution frighten
me and I wonder if this is another cost of the "free hand" given the
police and prosecutors in the war on drugs.

Norwood Price, Burbank