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When DNA exonerations end, innocence problems will continue

By Gritsforbreakfast

Well, light posting turned to no posting as I spent an exhausting couple of days at the 3rd Annual Texas Innocence Conference, from which I returned last night. (The drive, more than the event, is what did me in.) I'll have writeups from my notes over the next couple of days, but let me start the review with a few comments and big-picture thoughts.Proximo over at Dallas Sidebar (who I enjoyed meeting and putting a face to a pseudonym) offers his take on the conference, which he considers a positive development. Proximo disputes higher estimates of innocence claims, though he grants (and it'd be hard not to), that thanks to revelations about innocence, the system has "suffered some measure of disgrace."I concur with Proximo 100% that most people in prison are guilty of whatever they were accused of, although I think the percentage is a little lower among probationers, since DA's plea out their weaker cases, and innocent defendants have a big incentive to take a plea to avoid prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).