I know that our criminal justice system is one of the best on the planet; however, I also know that, occasionally, folks get sentenced to hard time for crimes they never committed. Even less frequently, subsequent evidence turns out to show that a person was actually innocent, and was wrongly imprisoned. One can only imagine the daily mental angst such a person must endure, serving a criminal sentence while knowing that knowledge of the truth by those who have power over his freedom would have prevented such an injustice. Each day likely begins with the thought, “Maybe today is the day when someone, somewhere, will discover the truth and do something about it.” Obviously, hope is one of the few things such a person would have left.
