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Old 08-19-2011, 11:22 AM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Sly View Post
Actually I think it's a terrible day for justice. It took 20 years and celebrity attention for this to happen. How many people are sitting behind bars with no chance of getting out because they don't have as compelling of a story? I certainly don't have an answer but any day that an innocent man spends behind bars is a day too many.
I'm sure there are plenty of people that are innocent sitting behind bars. Our system isn't going to change in a day, but to me this was one step forward and hopefully it can open some eyes and help effect change for the future. Most importantly this case shows how important DNA evidence can be so hopefully we will be using more and more of that in the future to make sure that innocent people are not sent to jail.
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