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Sometimes "crimes" are not crimes at all.
And sometimes you've done absolutely nothing wrong but prosecutors will use any information they can get their hands on as evidence of a crime, because they don't give a single fuck if they lock up a person they know full well is innocent for the rest of their lives, all they care about is a "win" in court.
You're right. I know your response may seem implausible, but prosecutors have fought against the release of known innocent people.
It's not even that they'll try to get a win. It's that they can refuse to simply honor justice in its most fundamental forms.
Central park 5 comes to mind
Cops have also been known to use "parallel construction" in order to launder evidence that would otherwise be considered inadmissible. It's fucked.