Two more recent stories--just the latest--to remind us of the fallibility of the criminal justice system even at the most serious level (the death penalty) where some might expect the safeguards to be most stringent. Of course the implications are clear also for all "lower" levels of the system.
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/man-exonerated-decades-death-row-video/#axzz2vxgZNZIQ
http://rt.com/usa/exonerated-death-row-texan-graves-522/
Roger C. Wilson has represented a number of persons in criminal appeals, seeking relief after they had been convicted of crimes at trials when represented by other counsel. He has obtained reductions of sentences, and releases of clients based on problems at trial, as well as outright reversals of convictions on appeal, even when the trial court had rejected a post-conviction motion for new trial based on the legal defects.
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/man-exonerated-decades-death-row-video/#axzz2vxgZNZIQ
http://rt.com/usa/exonerated-death-row-texan-graves-522/
Roger C. Wilson has represented a number of persons in criminal appeals, seeking relief after they had been convicted of crimes at trials when represented by other counsel. He has obtained reductions of sentences, and releases of clients based on problems at trial, as well as outright reversals of convictions on appeal, even when the trial court had rejected a post-conviction motion for new trial based on the legal defects.
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