YamburglarHelper t1_j1lsng8 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 12:41 PM

Reply to comment by SunCloud-777 in Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown University after release from prison by SunCloud-777

> Syed, now 41, began his new role at Georgetown on Dec. 12, the school announced this week. In his role he will support the PJI program, which includes a Making an Exoneree class, that has students reinvestigate wrongful convictions. The students work to bring innocent people home from prison and create short documentaries about cases.

My man. When your life has been distilled into bullshit, you might find passion, and from passion a cause. I hope these folks manage to right some more wrongs in this world.

drawkbox t1_j1n8i16 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 8:19 PM

I think their should be a whole separate organization and division of investigative forces that take each police conviction and really do the deep dives that never happen when police forces want to close cases quickly due to overwork and metrics. Lots of the suicides of high profile people for instance, or small town sketchiness where Sheriffs basically are mini kings, or enforcement scams. This type of police force would be heroes and they'd keep people honest who investigate.

waffebunny t1_j1nizv5 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 9:41 PM

Agreed! For an individual to be wrongly convicted requires multiple institutions to fail in lockstep (i.e. the police, the prosecution, the courts).

Why would we task this same organizations with investigating such instances? Oversight should be conducted by an independent entity (preferably one with federal-level authority; and staffed by individuals removed from law enforcement / prosecution).