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- You said there is no law against false convictions? Hogwash!!!
These Lawyers are making a game out of our justice system, Lawyers, and the Police are creating an us against them mentality in this nation. I propose that a law be enacted in every state where any lawyer who, knowingly or not, causes a conviction of an innocent person be mandatorially required to serve the sentence of his victim. Maybe this will help these victims of our criminal lawyers find some semblance of justice. - Reply to this comment
- While these stories focus on the inocent inmate, there are 2 points that are typically overlooked:
1) Whomever actually committed the crime, that the prosecutors did NOT put in jail - what crimes were they allowed to commit, and who else were they allowed to hurt?, and
2) Assuming the defendant is still under oath, if they admit to the crime they did NOT commit, isn''t that perjury? A crime in an of itself? And those lawyers, officers of the court, asking them to do so suborning perjury?
Shouldn''t numerous people in the former prosecuter''s office be spending time in prison themselves? - Reply to this comment
- Unbelievable..how does James get his 27yrs back...that a corrupt DA took from him. How does the parole board feel for denying his freedom a dozen times over - because he chose truth over a lie. What can be done to help James Woodard live life. Judges and juries better check twice, prosecutors should be held responsible for their actions...this is criminal.
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- No where in the story did you claim all these unfortunates were boy scouts. if they weren''t guilty of some crime they wouldn''t have been convicted.
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- Shocking how everyone calls this systemic abomination "justice"
Decades ago, as a teen who had NO interest in anything legal, I knew the difference between Law and Justice. Seems like these days, even judges don''t know the difference or pretend they don''t.
In fact if there really were justice, anyone, including judges, who called law "justice", would be charged with perjury. - Reply to this comment
- Why are we allowing the prosecuters to be absolved of guilt? Oh yes...the law always protects itself before the people. We need a President, Senate and Congress to put Mickey, Goofy, Mini, Donald, Yosemete Sam et all into the Supreme Court..er...too late...they''re allready there!
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- Ever watch a TV show about one of these guys or gals who has been falsely convicted - yet the cops and the prosecuting attorneys who are involved keep on saying they "know" he is guilty?
That is a big problem with our system of justice - cops and prosecuting attorneys who think that they are entitled to judge suspects.
Ain''t there job - that is the judge or jury''s job... - Reply to this comment
- Sorry...that should have read Eldorado, not Laredo!
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- "And its the truth because a buncha fukkkkin atheist lunatics.. hate evangelicals."
Posted by headpop3
You don''t, by any chance, have a Laredo, Texas home address? Seems to me anyone with that much anger over DNA evidence must have had it used against him. DNA evidence is MUCH more reliable than human intuition, which can be influenced by ignorance, prejudice, and personal experiences unrelated to the crime. Fundamentalist evangelicals want to deny DNA evidence because it upsets their view of the Bible as a historically accurate scientific document authored by God, and therefore infallible, rather than one concerned with spiritual rather than physical truths. - Reply to this comment
- That''''d be like giving Hitler credit for keeping such good lists of names of Death Camp victims so the next of kin would be able to find out what happened to them. He''''s a POS, nothing more.
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Posted by veteran72 at 12:37 AM : May 03, 2008
No, not really. Mistaken eyewitness testimony is the reason these people were wrongfully convicted not "win at all costs" prosecutors. Only 3 of the 17 cases had prosecutor misconduct.
Also, while we are on the topic....of the 17 people exonerated......13 were exonerated under Bill Hill, 4 have been exonerated under Craig Watkins. - Reply to this comment
