February 10, 2006

Trial and Error

By STEVE WEINBERG

For decades, as an investigative journalist, I have received letters, telephone calls, and e-mail messages from felons, their loved ones, and their lawyers pleading with me to look into their allegedly wrongful convictions. An innocent person is in prison, the messages scream, while the perpetrators are at liberty to murder or rape or steal again.

I used to ignore those pleas for help. We all know that every prisoner claims innocence, right? Why believe them after they have been

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