The state wouldn't admit their mistake because they have potential civil liability for imprisoning someone that clearly couldn't have been the perpetrator. The

The state wouldn't admit their mistake because they have potential civil liability for imprisoning someone that clearly couldn't have been the perpetrator. The DA's refusal to drop the charges even after the obvious differences between perpetrator and the defendant were pointed out was outrageous and almost certainly constitutes willful misconduct. This guy can and should sue. The larger issue is that prosecutors do this kind of thing routinely. Since most of them take jobs as prosecutors with an eye toward obtaining higher-paying jobs at prestigious law firms, perhaps the best way to combat this type of behavior would be a name-and-shame website. Every DA insisting on outlandish sentences for minor crimes, or that refuses to drop charges in the face of clear evidence that the someone is innocent, should be named and their record of inhumanity should haunt them at the top of Google search results for the remainder of their career.