New Rule Would Require Prosecutors to Act on Wrongful Convictions

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL

"The new rule requires prosecutors to take action when informed of a wrongful conviction," said Kempinen, who runs the prosecution project at the Law School. "At present, our ethics rules do not address the responsibilities of a prosecutor who learns of an erroneous conviction after the conviction is final."

You have to wonder what kind of a human being would ignore a wrongful conviction, simply because he wasn't required by law to say something.

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