[TheOtherOne]

Or maybe if we knew what the prosecutor knew about the past CONVICTIONS of the suspects, we too might be eager to lock them up where they belong.

If you want past conviction information admitted at trial then make that the law. Pretty simple really.

[Age of Reason]

If you want past conviction information admitted at trial then make that the law. Pretty simple really.

There's also no law saying I have to weep without knowing the "innocent" man's past criminal history.

Which history these kinds of articles don't talk much about--if at all.