Michael Green Wins Lawsuit
You might have heard about this: Michael Green is a man who was wrongly convicted of rape and served 13 years in prison. He was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2001.
He sued the city of Cleveland and won $1.6 million dollars! Yay! It's still much less than the $10 million he asked for because the city also agreed to
open up other cases for investigation. Turns out the forensics lab guy lied through his teeth at the trial, dude knew from jump that Mr. Green was innocent. For shame. The woman who was raped died in 1989, and the man who actually raped her came forward after reading
about Michael Green's story in 2001. He couldn't live with the shame and the guilt. He's now serving a 5-year sentence. (Why only 5 years for the man who actually raped this woman and over 13 for the innocent man? I don't know, it makes no sense.)
He sued the city of Cleveland and won $1.6 million dollars! Yay! It's still much less than the $10 million he asked for because the city also agreed to
open up other cases for investigation. Turns out the forensics lab guy lied through his teeth at the trial, dude knew from jump that Mr. Green was innocent. For shame. The woman who was raped died in 1989, and the man who actually raped her came forward after reading
about Michael Green's story in 2001. He couldn't live with the shame and the guilt. He's now serving a 5-year sentence. (Why only 5 years for the man who actually raped this woman and over 13 for the innocent man? I don't know, it makes no sense.)
Reading stuff like this, I feel so helpless...what could I possibly do to make the legal system fair?? Here's some interesting ways I found:
Legal Reform Now
Prison Reform
Amnesty International USA
Labels: Black Issues, In the News
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