Innocence Takes A Back Seat To Legal Procedure
Why The Justice System Doesn’t Allow Evidence Proving Innocence From Ever Being Examined Although our justice system is the best one on the planet, it’s far from perfect, and has its flaws. Occasionally those flaws contribute not only to the innocent being convicted, but also serve to prevent them from ever having any post-conviction relief. Exculpatory evidence that could exonerate a truly innocent inmate stands a very good chance of NEVER being examined if artificial deadlines imposed by the courts weren’t adhered to rigorously. This case is one of those rare examples in which an innocent young man sits in prison while the courts have refused to even consider a confession letter of the actual perpetrator – along with mounds of other exculpatory evidence…