Sunday, November 6, 2011

Due Process

Facts:
1.  Eyewitnesses can be unreliable.
2.  Jury tends to believe eyewitnesses statements.
3.  Only 5% of criminal cases have DNA
4.  Kevin Rojas spent 4 1/2 years in maximum security.
5.  There is only some government funding to help agencies that review innocent cases.
6.  Many people are wrongfully accused. 
7.  Were able to free 44 people who were wrongfully accused.
8.  They select people who a serving long terms. 
9.  Of the 44 people who were freed 11 were sentenced on lying eyewitnesses.
10.  8 people have been freed on DNA. 

Questions:
1.  Should the government put more funding into these agencies?
2.  What should the Justice Department do to decrease the number of innocent people who are convicted for crimes they haven't committed?
3.  Will the Supreme Court need to make a decision on a case for government to start looking into the justice system?
4.  Should the government create a separate branch of the justice department that only looks into these kind of cases?
5.  Should eyewitness testimony even be considered by a jury?

No comments:

Post a Comment