[boop]

"Are you saying the prosecutor should fight the attempt to free someone when DNA testing conclusively proves he is innocent?"

I'm clearly missing something here. How does DNA prove he DIDN'T commit the rape? Was there only semen samples that convicted him in 1981? Only the vicitim? I just can't believe that only based on one piece of evidence he would have been jailed for life.

[erikm88]

I think he was convicted by improper admission of identity evidence (line up), and his attorney appealed from that procedural error.

[JAKraig]

The system makes it very easy to convict and very difficult to get out of a conviction. Even if all you have is a crying witness saying “He Did it!” that is usually enough. It doesn’t matter if you have an alibi or were a thousand miles away. The jury figures the cops and DA are honest and wouldn’t put an innocent man on trial. I have seen it many many times. The cops and DA’s think they are doing us a favor.

I think the sin is on us when our elected officials make such mistakes. Poor guy. 26 years is a long time. I hope his burglary sentence was a long one so that he didn’t have a LOT of extra years to suffer.

[JAKraig]

The system makes it very easy to convict and very difficult to get out of a conviction. Even if all you have is a crying witness saying “He Did it!” that is usually enough. It doesn’t matter if you have an alibi or were a thousand miles away. The jury figures the cops and DA are honest and wouldn’t put an innocent man on trial. I have seen it many many times. The cops and DA’s think they are doing us a favor.

I think the sin is on us when our elected officials make such mistakes. Poor guy. 26 years is a long time. I hope his burglary sentence was a long one so that he didn’t have a LOT of extra years to suffer.