I always feel bad everytime I hear cases of people who served time in jail for the crimes they did not commit. Take for example the case of two African American men who after serving 25 years in prison were released by the court. The pair was found innocent for the 1978 murder of a white police officer in Iowa. The court ruled that the prosecutors dictated the key witness what to testify in court.
Twenty five years is a long time. The two men have lost a good amount of time that they could have spent with their loved ones. The two former prisoners are seeking to sue the prosecutors and I think that these prosecutors should face responsibility for the wrong actions and decisions they have made.
Another man named Holly Wood is arguing that his defense lawyer was incompetent. Wood was convicted in Alabama in 1994 for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. At the time of the sentencing, Woods lawyer just graduated and had no experience in death penalty cases. He failed to present evidence that Wood had the mental capacity of a child having an IQ between 59 and 64. Wood is still facing death penalty but the Supreme Court agreed to consider the case.
Now I'm curious what's the IQ of Wood's lawyer.
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