San Francisco magazine takes a long look at persons eventually exonerated and freed from prison after serving long stretches (“Innocence Lost”, Nov. (PDF)). Among them is the case of “John Stoll this past spring. After 20 years in jail for an infamous crime he did not commit, a judge said it had all been a mistake, and he was set free. ‘You win some, you lose some,’ the prosecutor shrugged, refusing to offer any admission of error or hint of an apology for all that her office had put Stoll through.” For the recent North Carolina case of Sylvester Smith, freed after 20 years in prison, see “Molestation charges dropped after victims recant allegations from ’84”, AP/Winston-Salem Journal, Nov. 6. (& letter to the editor, Dec. 20).
Innocents behind bars
San Francisco magazine takes a long look at persons eventually exonerated and freed from prison after serving long stretches (“Innocence Lost”, Nov. (PDF)). Among them is the case of “John Stoll this past spring. After 20 years in jail for an infamous crime he did not commit, a judge said it had all been a […]
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Innocence Lost
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