DNA evidence casts doubt on Henry Jamerson’s rape conviction after 24 years in prison. Prosecutors are fighting efforts to clear his name.
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A new discovery follows years of claims that the evidence had been destroyed. The victim says doubts about the case always haunted her.
  • FlordaMan@lemmy.world
    31·
    10 months ago

    How low of a human being must you be to claim evidence has been destroyed when it hasn’t. The cop who told that under oath should be fired and put in jail, like anyone else would.

    • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      10 months ago

      “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

      Prosecutors are measured by convictions, regardless of whether they get it right.