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Just Another Exonaration? It Is Never That Simple

By Michael Blankenship

ROCHESTER, N.Y. ? A former truck driver who spent nearly 19 years behind bars for a 1988 slaying he didn't commit walked free Wednesday after DNA testing exonerated him and instead pointed to a man who strangled a 4-year-old girl in 1994. "There's no question that in this case the police officers had tunnel vision, and they latched onto Frank three years after the fact, even though his confession didn't make sense, even though there was no other evidence to suggest he did it," said the group's co-director, Peter Neufeld. Read more... Innocent person spends 19 years in prison. Very common headline, right? Well, read the rest of the story to better understand the additional damages that result from wrongful convictions. The real murderer was serving time for a murder he committed after the crime that landed Frank Sterling in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on April 29, 2010 (boomark / email).