Many people will, ignorantly, use the facts in this article as a reason not to support post-trial DNA testing. Yes, it is expensive and yes, it proves guilt almost as often as it proves innocence, but wouldn't we rather know for sure? Wouldn't we rather know for a fact that a man or woman who has committed a heinous crime is behind bars and not running free hurting other people while an innocent person does his or her time? To me, there is no question. There can be nothing more valuable than knowing a person is guilty or innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt, because otherwise we create more victims. Victims of the system in the innocent people convicted of a crime, and victims of the real perpetrators who remain at large because of the false conviction.
Kansas inmate Charles Hunter insisted he was an innocent man, that the system got it wrong.Technorati Tags: innocence, innocence project, wrongfully convicted, wrongful convictions, DNA, prison
So did Charles Williams, a Texas prisoner convicted of three rapes that happened two decades ago.
Just do DNA testing, both pleaded with prosecutors and advocacy groups. Science would set them free, just like it had some 230 inmates before them.
Only one problem. Science didn’t prove Hunter and Williams innocent last month.
It proved their guilt.
DNA tests on inmates sometimes proved they were guilty - Kansas City Star
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