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: Prosecutor Postscript

By Sarena Straus, Esq.

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Exoneration and Law EnforcementSeveral weeks ago, the Sunday Times this week featured a cover story about a man exonerated by DNA ?Jeffrey Deskovic. While the story is mainly about him and his difficulties integrating into society, it is also about the exonerated generally ? the problems that they face and the compensation that they seek.I won?t comment on the specifics of Mr. Deskovic?s case but I do wish to offer some thoughts about the convicted innocent generally and whether or not an exoneration necessarily means there has been misconduct. When a person goes to prison for a crime he or she did not commit, it is always a tragedy. That person has always lost something that society and money cannot give back. But just because someone has been convicted of a crime they did not commit does not mean that there has been misconduct...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prosecutor Postscript on April 07, 2008 (boomark / email).