[Teacher317]

The Iowa Supreme Court overturned Harrington's conviction in February, based on new evidence that prosecutors withheld police reports pointing to another suspect

Are they required to present those? Precisely what procedural rule was violated there?

and that the state's key witness had recanted his testimony.

Does that mean he didn't do it? How many witnesses did not recant? I wish they'd provide a few more facts.

[Lysander]

...based on new evidence that prosecutors withheld police reports pointing to another suspect and that the state's key witness had recanted his testimony.

Happens fairly often.

[blackdog]

I find it so curious that the prosecutorial creed allows no consideration for admission of error. Why does an elected governor have to make apologies for career employees who conduct themselves in an unethical, if not illegal manner.

Part of having a justice system which has integrity is to expect prosecutorial misconduct to be the end of someones legal career.

Why do we have lower courts at all any more? Remember, there was no new evidence here, just prosecutorial gamesmanship that took over 20 years to go far enough up the food chain. Funny how anyone who's been a victim of judicial or prosecutorial misconduct has to serve enough time that the original judge and prosecutor are either dead or confused with alzheimers in order to get the facts heard.

[waterstraat]

If this guy was innocent, and served 26 years for nothing, then what do you do if he commits a crime now? Does he get "credit" for his 26 years?