So, not an objective panel, then.
"The whole system has broken down," Barry Scheck, co-founder and director of the Innocence Project
Barry Sheck? Jeez. Helped OJ find the real killers yet, Barry?
Their viewpoint towards the death penalty may not be objective, but the process by which they've either dug up or discredited evidence has been objective enough to have racked up scores of exonerations. You may not buy off on their politics, but it sounds like their opinion of evidence has to have enough credibility to pay attention and give it an evaluation.