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CaptainCrunch · 10-12-2010, 01:09 PM

With the advances in DNA evidence its getting tougher and tougher to convict an innocent man of a violent crime.

David Milgaard was convicted in a time when there was no scene matching unless seman or blood could be compared to blood type, which was still shaky at the best of times.

I wonder if there are stats showing wrongful conviction/overturned on new evidence stats for any time after say the year 2000.

10-12-2010, 01:09 PM	#57
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	With the advances in DNA evidence its getting tougher and tougher to convict an innocent man of a violent crime. David Milgaard was convicted in a time when there was no scene matching unless seman or blood could be compared to blood type, which was still shaky at the best of times. I wonder if there are stats showing wrongful conviction/overturned on new evidence stats for any time after say the year 2000. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!