If anything, we should fix the systems that allow miscarriages of justice like this to happen.
Yet revenge seems to be the first motivation of most people. Making things worse instead of making things better.
Yet revenge seems to be the first motivation of most people. Making things worse instead of making things better.
The prosecutor should have that on his shoulders as well.
That happened. The actual murderer killed another woman before he was caught. The cost to society is not just 25 years of this dudes life but add one dead woman to the list.
Of course you can't prove that merely exonerating one dude would somehow have automagically resulted in the cops catching the actual killer.
Our motivation to not do things is driven by consequences.
When the balance of power exists so that those who determine consequences for people can do so out of self-interest, they need to be held up to the same standards and face equal consequences themselves.
The prosecutor should have a sentence passed against him to ensure others do not follow suit with "$500 and 500 hours community service, oh and I can still be a legal consultant for a corporation - I can accept that risk for some gain"...
I'd say it's much better to change the system so that it's not in a prosecutor's self interest to convict as many people as possible.