In that specific case, the police did not consider the confession by itself to be enough to falsely convict Mr Kogut and his two friends. So the police took a

In that specific case, the police did not consider the confession by itself to be enough to falsely convict Mr Kogut and his two friends. So the police took a hair from the victim, put it in an evidence bag, and testified under oath that the hair had been found in the defendants' van. It looks like the innocent men were released in 2003, and have had to wait 15+ years for compensation. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/fusco-restivo-halstead-death-1.16018032 https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/fusco-restivo-hal... But hey, it shows that the criminal justice system works!