It is more important that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world, that all of them cannot be punished…. when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, ‘it is immaterial to me whether I behave well or ill, for virtue itself is no security.’ And if such a sentiment as this were to take hold in the mind of the subject that would be the end of all security whatsoever. -John Adams
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York City, New York – Last week, an innocent man was finally exonerated
after spending over 21 years in prison. 49-year-old Derrick Hamilton
was framed by a crooked cop in 1991.
The cop threatened a woman into testifying against him for a murder that he did not commit.Hamilton was released from jail on parole in 2011, but was not formally exonerated until last week.
From the moment that he was accused, Hamilton denied the charges against him, and swore that he was set-up. It was not until years later that the witness against him came forward to say that he was in fact innocent, and that police had forced her to testify against him.
Even from the begining there were elements of the witness’s story that were incorrect. The witness had testified that the victim was shot in the chest by a lone gunman, but an autopsy revealed that the victim was shot in the back. Later evidence was also uncovered showing that there was likely more than one gun fired in the attack.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/man-exonerated-spending-21-years-jail-framed-nypd/#PQV74F40gvscj3qw.99
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