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Old 07-22-2009, 07:18 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Varius View Post

As you mentioned though, with new techniques such as DNA testing becoming cheaper and more widely used and they fact they'd still have a traditional trial, I'd think it going forward you won't have as many wrongful convictions as in the past...
I agree. I think one of the changes the system would have to make is to allow DNA evidence every time. The way it is now sometimes that evidence is not allowed into the case. If they allow it every time I think you are correct the number of wrongful convictions will drop dramatically. Most of the people they are finding innocent now through DNA have been in jail for a long and were convicted long before DNA was something regularly used.
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