27 Exonerations in 2009
"The work of Innocence Network member organizations led to theexoneration of 27 people 2009. Together, they served 421 years inprison for crimes they didn't commit." Two of the exonerated are from here in Lorain County.
Read the IN's whole report here: http://innocencenetwork.org/report09.html
Read the IN's whole report here: http://innocencenetwork.org/report09.html
I'm trying to think which web page I saw this on last night when I was looking up wrongful convictions. But it really made me think about how many people this might affect. They gave statistics for how many convictions there are for crimes each year- 2009 as an example an made the supposition of a possible statistic of .05 % as a probable number for errors either by way of DNA or testimony, etc... for wrongful convictions and the number is still staggering... I think their estimate was 4700 a year as that .05 %. And most are not because of DNA evidence but other "errors".
Anyway... something to think about.. when only 27 are exonerated.
If I can figure out which page I saw that on I'll come back and post a link.
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I'd like to read it.
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Finally located it.. I had looked it several sites and it took me awhile to go back and figure out which one had this info...
Here is the link...
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/spring2003/conviction.html
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Thanks!
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and actually my quote of their estimate was wrong.. . .05 % would be 7500 cases a year not 4700 as I said... I think I transposed the numbers in my memory and didn't go back to check before I posted my initial comment. 7500 a year is a lot of people...
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I know a few of them personally.
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When one is found guilty before proving innocence justice goes down the drain.
I read the link to "Wrongful Convictions" The paragraph "Unethical police/prosecutorial behavior" fits better than any other in John's case. Read it again and understand that the prosecutor was to blame for convincing the jury and of course this isn't DNA evidence since there was none! Just the lying testimony and an inept defense lawyer plus a court appointed lawyer for the appeal who never followed through and didn't take up the appeal so there was no appeal...!!!
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