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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by perihelions on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:14PM (#41050321)
That's not entirely true. You can be found factually innocent, and still be unable to escape prison—due to the utterly Kafkaesque nature of the legal system.

Here's a case I read about over a decade ago, and never forgot:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-aug-21-la-me-in... ("Man behind bars 2 years after judge orders release" (2012))

- "But two years after he was supposed to be released, Larsen remains behind bars while the California attorney general appeals the decision. The state’s main argument: He did not file his legal paperwork seeking release on time."

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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by tetromino_ on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @05:53PM (#41051363)
The next paragraph deserves to be quoted also:

> California Atty. Gen.Kamala D. Harris, whose office maintains that evidence still points to Larsen’s guilt, accuses him and his attorneys of filing a petition seeking his release more than six years after he was legally required to do so. Prosecutors question whether the judges had the authority to hear Larsen’s petition for release.

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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by Schiendelman on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @09:50AM (#41057118)
But sometimes it turns out to be “we found a friendly judge much later who was willing to break the law for us”. We don’t know.
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