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To: abb; Howlin; Alia
Oh my. Digging back a century for wrongful actions? There's something that came out in the Fresno Bee today about a "wrongful conviction" that happened about 30 years ago and is more in line with is happening in Durham. I can't link to it yet because I can't find it in the online version. Perhaps Boston area Freepers might be hearing about it. (I hope the Mod understands, but I will link to it as soon as I can find it online.)

The story is this:

Four men are suing the Federal Government for a wrongful conviction for murder. The suit alleges, based on recently released documents that the FBI knew who did the murder but because he was an informant, and they wanted to protect him, they allowed four innocent men to be framed for the crime. Three of the four were sentenced to death, and one got life. Two of the men who were sentenced to death died natural deaths in prison and the other two were released after serving 30 years! Now THAT is much closer to what is happening in Durham!

51 posted on 11/17/2006 10:20:01 AM PST by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: Enterprise
Punch here
52 posted on 11/17/2006 10:22:16 AM PST by Howlin
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