PSCI100 Lecture : Film about Wrongful convictions.docx
14 Apr 2012
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The case for innocence: about three men who were wrongfully convicted and then found innocent after 18, 20, etc. years. A little girl, 8 year old sandra was brutally raped and murdered. Her mother came home one night to see someone at their house, he ran when she came home. She did not see his face, only the back of him. Frank lee smith had a record (convicted for man slaughter when he was 13 and murder when he was 18, was on parole for the last 14 years). He was son of a prostitute who was murdered and never knew his father. He had already been in jail for 15 years prior to this case. There was no evidence presented that made frank guilty. The witnesses only had what they thought the offender looked like (a droopy eye, wild hair, etc. ).
