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Duped by Innocence Project, Milwaukee man now free
- ajdusiejdbd 12y agoThis is the kind of thing that happens when the victims family members are forced to rely on the prosecutors office and the courts, both of whom are far to effected by politics and media, to represent their wishes in court. A complete mess and pr disaster for everyone involved without a single consideration for thr victims feelings. They will never have peace.
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- ars 12y agoSeems to me Jack Rimland should be prosecuted and disbarred. And I guess it's too late to re-arrest Anthony Porter, who presumably really did do it.
- iSnow 12y agoI have a hard time understanding why Protess, Ciolino and Rimland are not under arrest right now. Maybe that's still coming, but destroying the life of a person should not be without severe consequences.
- dalek_cannes 12y agoIt seems a lot of America's 'justice' takes place in the absence of a judge or jury: in the presence of a prosecutor with a plea bargain offer. At least in third world countries, the coercion and bias is in plain view.
- dalek_cannes 12y agoI just realized this comment is irrelevant. This is the most important bit about this article: > We know now that the explanation was that Simon was snared in a trap set by people who wanted to end the death penalty, no matter what the cost.
- ZeroGravitas 12y agoIt's the same tactic, and according to the story people posed as law officers to carry it out so its fairly similar.
- seszett 12y agoIs that legal in the US?
- zyx321 12y agoIt varies from state to state.
- FireBeyond 12y agoNo, I'm pretty certain it is illegal in every state to impersonate a police officer. In some states, it is also illegal to use equipment such as blue lights in a vehicle, etc.
- bhaumik 12y agoFirst thought reading this was IP's involvement in the Adnan case (Serial). Had no idea IP was this big.
- ZeroGravitas 12y agoIs this the same Innocence Project that usually uses DNA evidence or is the name a coincidence? http://www.innocenceproject.org/about/ http://www.innocenceproject.org/about/
- zyx321 12y agoThat one was founded in 1992, the one mentioned in this article was founded in 1999. That's one heck of a "coincidence" right there, I'd say.
- hackerboos 12y agoThey should sue. I immediately thought of the Innocence Project founded in 1992 when reading this article. The latter could severely damage the reputation of the former.
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