How many times are we going to read a headline, or a blurb below the headline about another innocent man or woman released from prison not after finishing their sentences, but being completely innocent, and getting released? One is too many.
Jonathan Fleming was 1,000 miles away, yet a "witness" put him at the scene.
That was this morning at the Washington Post. When you read the article it will read like a bad script from "Law and Order".
I still am a proponent of the death penalty. That being said, you had better have a iron clad, air tight case with no wiggle room, to get that sentence. There are people who should be put to death for their crimes.
But what has happened in this case and many others is a miscarriage of justice at the least, and a case for prosecuting the prosecutors on a case by case basis. I am sure their are many people a heck of a lot smarter than I am who can go through the transcripts and various back room deals and find a crime here.
I hope Mr. Fleming sues the state, the muni, and whoever else blatently lied to get his conviction. The case for a lawsuit is going to shed light on the crimes of a prosecutor to get a conviction.
Similar to the "The Memphis Three" case, you had overzealous prosecution, witnesses who flat out lied, and a rigged system right from the start. This type of court case STINKS, and those responsible should go to jail, forever.
The worst kind of crime in my mind is when those in power, the police, the prosecution, the judges, commit crimes to get those less fortunate convicted. Whether it is witness tampering, planting evidence, stealing evidence, creating evidence out of thin air, these people are more heinous than the ones they are trying to convict.
The Innocence Project has reversed 316 convictions to date.
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