"The case against him was very weak. One witness gave a description that did not match Lopez’s profile. The other had just finished a crack binge when the murder took place, and later recanted."
Who the hell served on that jury? And what the hell was the defense attorney doing?
“He wanted to do some domestic travel to other states, and to travel internationally,” Deskovic said. “He wanted to go to college and to go to law school. He wanted to set his wife up in business, and he wanted to be an entrepreneur.”
I don't think when people are released from prison it's because we now know the person is innocent, though that's what the newspaper tends to say. It's shorthand. I think many of the people who are released instead of being retried actually are guilty. The state just can't successfully try them at this point or thinks the sentence served is good enough and it's not worth retrying.
. ... I think many of the people who are released instead of being retried actually are guilty. ...
Many, your choice of word which includes, in effect, the notion of "not all." What about, what to say regarding, those who fall into the "not all" part?
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"The case against him was very weak. One witness gave a description that did not match Lopez’s profile. The other had just finished a crack binge when the murder took place, and later recanted."
Who the hell served on that jury? And what the hell was the defense attorney doing?
And what the hell was the defense attorney doing?
The least he could to earn his public defender's fee.
Dying does not end his freedom. It makes it permanent.
Wrongful imprisonments send a strong message : if we even think you did it, we'll get you.
That's Imus's view.
“He wanted to do some domestic travel to other states, and to travel internationally,” Deskovic said. “He wanted to go to college and to go to law school. He wanted to set his wife up in business, and he wanted to be an entrepreneur.”
Best that he died now.
I don't think when people are released from prison it's because we now know the person is innocent, though that's what the newspaper tends to say. It's shorthand. I think many of the people who are released instead of being retried actually are guilty. The state just can't successfully try them at this point or thinks the sentence served is good enough and it's not worth retrying.
I hope his daughter can somehow continue his lawsuit.
A man dies a year after being wrongly imprisoned for over 20 - as 1 in 9 are found to be - and the tag is "prison"?
Try something like "America is a racist Hellhole" next time for accuracy,...
. ... I think many of the people who are released instead of being retried actually are guilty. ...
Many, your choice of word which includes, in effect, the notion of "not all." What about, what to say regarding, those who fall into the "not all" part?
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