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D?Alemberte Petitions for Innocence Commission in Florida

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a Florida News Service report from the Monday edition of the Jacksonville Observer.  LINKFormer American Bar Association President and prominent Tallahassee lawyer Sandy D?Alemberte filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court Friday asking it to establish a commission to investigate how wrongful convictions occur. D?Alemberte, a former Florida State University President who still teaches at the law school, wants the high court to establish have the panel examine cases where people were wrongfully accused and convicted to see what goes wrong in those cases and how the state can improve. The system, he said, unfortunately fails and sometimes the wrong people get sent to prison. ?They also leave guilty people out on the streets and we destroy families,? he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).