This is a case where the wrong man went to prison and the real person committed some awful crimes, all because of the utter incompetence of the HPD crime lab. This is the face of the crime-lab debacle. This is the human damage. |
This is one of the most extraordinary cases in the annals of criminal justice in our town. |
This should be a landmark case in the history of eyewitness reform. There are reforms police and prosecutors are using across the country that reduce error, protect the innocent and help apprehend the guilty. |
We knew it was bad. |
We once and for all can deal a death blow to the blue wall of silence, |
We've demonstrated that there are too many innocent people on death row. |
What he did in this case is a profile in courage. |
What kind of confidence can you have when the jurisdiction that executes more people than any other is fraught with unreliable testing results? |