https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/09/26/the-dna-tests-that-came-too-late-to-save-two-men#.I7BUkaep8 This story illustrates the fragility of life and the lengths to which the state will go to keep its convictions. Instead of writing a wrong, posthumously exonerating these men, they claim its moot. Instead of admitting they were wrong, they hid behind procedural obstacles.
When does it make sense to appeal your conviction?
When someone is convicted of a crime they have a great deal of emotions. They are angry. They are scared. They feel that the system may not have treated them fairly. In our system, there is a mechanism for over turning a conviction and/or sentence. An appeal is filed within thirty days of the sentencing …
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