Comments on: Correcting the Criminal Justice System http://chiefopiner.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/correcting-the-criminal-justice-system/ Life, Politics, Society, Religion - Nothing is Sacred Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chiefopiner http://chiefopiner.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/correcting-the-criminal-justice-system/#comment-56 chiefopiner Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:59:46 +0000 http://chiefopiner.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-56 DNA has become an important tool for both prosecution and defense. I would like to see all states review all death row inmate cases where there is DNA in the evidence file. Do DNA comparisons and all results should be submitted to a panel of judges in the courts for determination if their is any evidence the wrong person was convicted. From their attorneys could take appropriate actions in these cases as necessary. There are so many ares of the criminal justice system that could be improved to reduce or remove errors and raise the goal post for insuring justice is even handed and blind to the prejudices that can (and have) polluted the system. DNA has become an important tool for both prosecution and defense. I would like to see all states review all death row inmate cases where there is DNA in the evidence file. Do DNA comparisons and all results should be submitted to a panel of judges in the courts for determination if their is any evidence the wrong person was convicted. From their attorneys could take appropriate actions in these cases as necessary.

There are so many ares of the criminal justice system that could be improved to reduce or remove errors and raise the goal post for insuring justice is even handed and blind to the prejudices that can (and have) polluted the system.

]]> By: justicemediaeconomics http://chiefopiner.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/correcting-the-criminal-justice-system/#comment-54 justicemediaeconomics Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:34:07 +0000 http://chiefopiner.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-54 Bravo, well said. It is too often forgotten that wrongly convicted defendants are victims too. We have just had a man released after 27 years for a crime which DNA shows he could not have committed. A mark of a just society is that those accused of the most heinous crimes have the best defence available, irrespective of their means. Bravo, well said.

It is too often forgotten that wrongly convicted defendants are victims too. We have just had a man released after 27 years for a crime which DNA shows he could not have committed. A mark of a just society is that those accused of the most heinous crimes have the best defence available, irrespective of their means.

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