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The "Justice System" isn't really about justice. There was witness tampering by the police and jury misconduct. Either of those should have been enough to gene
by LordKano 9y ago
The "Justice System" isn't really about justice.
There was witness tampering by the police and jury misconduct. Either of those should have been enough to generate a new trial on procedural grounds.
I do not know if you're familiar with the case in those documentaries but more than a decade after their conviction, new material was discovered and a DNA test linked a new and different suspect to the crime and under the Arkansas DNA statute, the convicted men should have received a hearing on the matter.
The state's attorney argued that the legislative intent of the statute was only to use DNA evidence to prove the guilt of people who had already been found guilty at trial and that no new evidence should be admitted to the hearing.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the defendants.