When a wrongful conviction is brought to light and new evidence is taken into consideration, whether it results in an exoneration or not, it affects the victim:
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The woman still lives in the Richmond area. She agreed to talk about the process because she wants state leaders to know what happens to victims when new science opens old wounds. She asked that her name not be revealed.Overturning convictions and exonerating the wrongfully convicted can sometimes seem to the victim like they are being victimized all over again. If you don't care about the epidemic of wrongful convictions for the men and women they imprison, care about them for the effect they have on the victims of crime.
"I just want them to know it is hard," she said. "I can't tell you how horrible it makes you feel to have all those feelings come flooding back."
30-Year-Old DNA Clears Richmond Man Of Rape - WTKR
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The Innocence Project has announced the March 3rd release of Picking Cotton, which tells the story Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, and Ronald Cotton. She identified Cotton as the person who'd raped her, but after years in prison, Cotton was exonerated through DNA testing. Author Erin Torneo writes about the close friendship that developed when they met two years after Cotton exoneration. Today they travel around the country telling their story and urging states to reform eyewitness identification practices to prevent wrongful convictions.
ReplyDeleteTake a look at the trailer for this book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGXrviy5Iw