Innocence Project client Anthony Wright has been in Pennsylvania prison for nearly 20 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit. DNA testing could prove his innocence or guilt but prosecutors have blocked his efforts to get testing for the last four years.
The dismissive attitude that some people have shown to Venessa Mills' case, by saying "it's only a divorce," continues to be impugned by situations like this.
Our legal system can apparently allow prosecutors to block a DNA test for four years. A test. Not a pardon, or a parole, or a release. A test that could prove this man's "innocence or guilt."
Do the facts even mean anything to our courts any more?
This kind of ridiculous injustice creates a “tone” within the legal system that allows all manner of other, “minor,” injustices to take place.
One can only wonder if we will ever see some common sense prevailing? When will we see legislative changes to the system so that judges, prosecutors and attorneys actually have to face consequences for such behavior?
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