DNA tests clear men in Georgia, New York

[deadparrot]

AUBURN, N.Y. - Two inmates — a convicted rapist in Georgia and a man who was unjustly convicted of murder in New York but helped find the real killer from his prison cell — were granted their freedom Tuesday after DNA tests proved their innocence.

Innocence Project co-director Peter Neufeld said he had never seen a case like that of Roy Brown, whose 1992 murder conviction was thrown out by a judge.

"Armed only with a notebook, stamps and a copy of the state's Freedom of Information Law, Roy Brown identified the true perpetrator from a prison cell," said Nina Morrison, an attorney at the Innocence Project.

Frail from severe liver disease, Brown said bitterly at a news conference after his release: "This was an abortion, an abortion of justice. They could have saved me all this hell."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/convictions_vacated

[acmavm]

1. And they call it the 'Justice System'.

The irony is amazing.

[Turbineguy]

4. It's not a justice system. It's

a meat grinder. And woe are they who fall in. Public prosecutors careers depend on convictions, defense attorney's careers depend on getting the guilty off. Public defenders are overloaded and underpaid.

If the defense was based on the notion of insuring a fair trial, that is, the prosecution has to prove its case, things might improve.

Actually convicting the guilty reduces crime (what a concept!).

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. This is the big reason why I'm against the death penalty

Too many innocent people get convicted in this country.

[Missy M]

3. If just one innocent person is executed that is the reason for...

not having the death penalty. Life in prison is the only way, so the innocent can have a chance to prove what happened with those two men. I am so happy for them but sad for all the years lost to them.