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May 12, 2008
Posted: 01:39 PM ET
NEW YORK — I went to a celebration at the Innocence Project last week. It was only the second gala they’ve had since the project was founded 16 years ago. Last year, the first such celebration was held to mark the 200th exoneration in this country based on post-conviction DNA testing. And even with all the wrongful convictions, the misidentifications, the false confessions, the lost years of freedom — even with all of that, there is something to celebrate when innocent people finally achieve justice and when the real perpetrators of crime are brought to it. But now it’s time to look ahead to an even greater purpose: preventing wrongful convictions before they happen. All those years innocent people have spent behind bars should not be in vain. Their cases can teach us how these mistakes happen in the first place. If we can fix the system where it’s broken, then we will really have a reason to celebrate. And that’s the Last Word. –Jami Floyd, In Session anchor Filed under: Jami Floyd • Last Word |
 
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