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THE PRICE OF TRUTH

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

for Everton Wagstaffe is remaining in prison to await the results of a DNA test, although he can leave anytime he wants because he has served 17 years and is approved for parole. The title of the post links to the NY Times article. ?I am willing to sacrifice more to prove my innocence,? Mr. Wagstaffe said. ?To do otherwise would be a betrayal of the truth and what is right. My time is ripe. I won?t allow myself to be released with these conditions. It will be proven that I had nothing to do with this terrible crime, and then I will walk out of here.?Rumpole asks, "what would you do?"DNA EXONERATION TOO LATE. We have often viewed the DNA exoneration of death row inmates with this troubling thought:  what about all the wrongful convictions of those people not sentenced to death?  Death penalty cases draw the most attention, not to mention the most of the precious resources needed to exonerate those who were wrongfully convicted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).