First, understand that justice isn’t always about the truth. Often a just decision is handed down simply because one side made the more compelling argument. Mistakes are made.
In the 1993 case of Anthony Wright, he was convicted of killing an elderly woman in North Philadelphia, after police claimed he voluntarily confessed AND that they found clothing with the woman’s blood in his residence during a search.
Wright spent more than TWENTY YEARS in prison for–it turns out–a murder he didn’t commit. In 2014, DNA evidence cleared Wright and his conviction was vacated thanks to The Innocence Project. But, during their investigation they discovered that the prosecutor, Bridget L. Kirn, purposefully directed misleading testimony from the officers at the trial.
It’s one thing to make a mistake…it’s quite another to pin a murder on an innocent man. There is no way to give someone back twenty years of their life.
Read more about this here
The victim’s niece appeals for justice here.
