Prosecutorial Misconduct

Innocent people spend years in jail and there
is nothing done to prosecutors when it is shown
that they prosecuted an innocent person KNOWINGLY.

An article in USA today brings attention to the
large number of cases that have come to light.

An off-Broadway play called the Exonerated called
attention to the problem a few years ago. A Chicago
newspaper ran a series of articles when the governor
pardoned a large number of inmates who were found to
be innocent.

The Innocence Project which involves journalism students
as well as law school students does a great deal of
searching for proof of wrongful convictions.

The main thing is to realize that it can happen to you,
a middle class person who has never had so much as a
parking ticket. Proving innocence is difficult to do.
How can you prove you were somewhere (maybe at home)
alone at a specific time? Do you keep every receipt you
ever get to have time stamps available (no one I know
does)?

Read this article and realize that these things happen
and the worst part is that nothing happens to the
prosecutor when misconduct is proved. But the innocent person
becomes an ex-felon for life unless the case generates
enough media or political attention to end in a pardon.