Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would your lawyer even try to prove you innocent if it meant not getting a paycheck?
I mean, have someone else pay for it. The accuser or the government.
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How Two Newspaper Reporters Helped Free an Innocent Man
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Re: How Two Newspaper Reporters Helped Free an Innocent Man
#32So the wrongly accused man was physically in jail at the reported time of the murder, and yet the system moved forward to imprison him for nearly two decades...because of this: > There was a lot at stake for the detectives, who said all eight defendants had confessed. Because all of them had implicated Daniel in the murders, if Daniel’s confession were to fall apart, the rest of the case would be in jeopardy. I think…
It would probably help to live there and do the job of an investigator. I would imagine (since I don't live there or do the job) that they learn to see vey few people in certain neighborhoods as truly innocent. If you feel that all of the people you charge have gotten away with crimes in the past then it may not seem like a big deal to put them in prison. It may seem like you are cleaning up the neighborhood.
Re: How Two Newspaper Reporters Helped Free an Innocent Man
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would your lawyer even try to prove you innocent if it meant not getting a paycheck?
I mean, have someone else pay for it. The accuser or the government.
Re: How Two Newspaper Reporters Helped Free an Innocent Man
#34A sobering factoid :
Cook County itself has had 92 known exonerations since 1989 – far more
than any other county in the country — and, as we saw in 2001, it has a
special affinity for false confessions. Nearly 40 percent of Cook County
exonerations involved false confessions by the exonerated defendants
(35 of 92), and an additional 16 percent were based on false
confessions by codefendants.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor and the detectives involved are not charged with conspiracy.