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Re:The tragic case of the wrong Thomas James is finally righted by stickfigure on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:40PM (#31242934)
Wow, that was written in 2005. Heartbreaking.
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Re:The tragic case of the wrong Thomas James is finally righted by Kaotique on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:46AM (#31246105)
It says that the case could not be re-opened because for that you need new evidence, but the evidence was just overlooked during the initial trial. Even if all the existing evidence is enough to prove your innocence you somehow need "new" evidence to reopen your case. This is not the first time this happened either. It is very hard to get justice even when you are obviously innocent.
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Re:The tragic case of the wrong Thomas James is finally righted by macintux on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @05:14AM (#31246255)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/03/innocence-is-not...

Have to wonder how many innocent people have been executed.

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Re:The tragic case of the wrong Thomas James is finally righted by vmception on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:25AM (#31247418)
> The final piece of the puzzle came when the main witness recanted her testimony.

/Facepalm

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