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Re:People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never... by HWR_14 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:50PM (#36374453)
As I understand it, a claim of actual innocence based on new evidence that would have led no "reasonable jury" to convict is entertained, assuming that all procedural appeals were not exhausted.
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Re:People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never... by UncleMeat on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:29PM (#36374841)
In Herrera, a majority of the jurors in the original case said they would not have voted to convict if the new evidence had been available.
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