Infuriating. A lot of people immediately think of Mike Nifong when prosecutor misconduct comes up, and while that case was certainly disgusting, I think an eve

Infuriating. A lot of people immediately think of Mike Nifong when prosecutor misconduct comes up, and while that case was certainly disgusting, I think an even better (worse?) example is the prosecution of Mr. John Thompson by Harry Connick, Sr. Though it receives far less attention, the facts of the case are no less than offensive. Mr. Thompson was prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to die for a crime that he did not commit. [0] The DNA evidence that would have fully exonerated Mr. Thompson of any wrongdoing was deliberately withheld by the prosecutor, Harry Connick, Sr. (yep, the dad), long-time prosecutor in New Orleans. Mr. Thompson spent fourteen years on death row. Fourteen years of this man's life were stolen from him by Harry Connick, Sr., years that he can never get back. On seven occasions during his time on death row, he was given the date on which he would be put to death for something he did not do. [1] Can you even imagine? To lay in bed, reflecting back on the events of a day in which you had been given a time and a place to be put to death for something that you did not do? I cannot. Don't bother asking Harry Connick, Sr. about that, though. He doesn't give one single fuck. [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connick_v._Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connick_v._Thompson [1] http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jury-gave-john-thompson-14-million-wrongly-spent/story?id=13269542 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jury-gave-john-thompson-14-mi... [2] http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/04/former_da_harry_connick_defend.html http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/04/former_da_harry_...