What about developing arrest integrity units in police departments to
check, double check, triple check the evidence before forwarding the
case to the prosecutors office? If the integrity unit determines there
is not enough evidence to bring charges, then the suspect could be
released without being indicted. That way the number of false arrests and
convictions will drop. Any interest in this locally??
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In North Carolina , two innocent men were released on DNA evidence[ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/us/2-convicted-in-1983-north-carolina-murder-freed-after-dna-tests.html?_r=0] considered by the court over 30 years later. Image a DA's office that would have embraced seeking that justice be done by testing decades sooner?
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