We have to come face to face with the fact that our justice system has become corrupted by politics in many, many ways.
In many, if not most, if not all of these cases of false convictions, the police, prosecutors, and judges knew they were putting away an innocent man.
Whenever a convict is exonerated by DNA or other evidence, an investigation into the behavior of the police, prosecutors, and judges should be opened.
Who does this sort of thing?
How about the government employees that actually committed this crime? No skin off their nose.
Sorry for the mistake sir. Oh, and you’re free to go.
I used to be pro death penalty. These types of cases, the incrreasing number of thugcops, and some really bad prosecutions have changed my mind a bit. Still for it, but believe the standard should be “beyond an unreasonable doubt.”
I really believe that unless the prosecution has DNA evidence positively connecting the perp to the crime that the death penalty and/or life in prison without parole should be ruled out as options for punishment.
I wonder who the prosecutor was in this case..
When Yarbough got home, he opened the door to find his mother, sister and a close family friend lying stabbed and strangled to death. The two girls were partially undressed.
I realise it's not impossible for an 18 year old kid to kill their own mother and seemingly sexually assault their own sister and cousin...
Did they find the murder weapon, was their blood on his clothes ???
They put these two kids behind bars for life based on them ratting each other out ???
NY Justice system should ashamed of themselves...
Makes one wonder how many other people have been railroaded into hard time to clean a case file out or up a conviction rate...?
Such propaganda pieces are so poorly written, meant to tug at emotion but not provide coherent information.
They need to expose who the prosecutors were. Some liberal prosecutors will put anyone in jail to build their careers.
DNA = the Holy Grail.
On your knees, and worship!
That’s why I have dropped my support for the death penaly...
“After reviewing DNA evidence, District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson said the previous convictions for the 1992 murders in Brooklyn would most likely not stand up in court again and agreed the two men should be freed.”
Like to see the transcript. There is awful lot missing from the article. I have sat on juries and you just don’t take the prosecutions song and dance.