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If you have a chance, go watch the film AFTER INNOCENCE. It's a documentary about people in the U.S. who are released from jail after having been proven innocent. Some of the guys in the film were in jail 20 years before DNA evidence was able to clear them of guilt. It's heartbreaking, but at the same time encouraging that the film was made so their story can be told.
Criminals who get out of jail on parole are given job training, health care, and all kinds of assistance to help them assimilate back into society. On the other hand, innocent people who are let out jail get nothing. They leave prison with only the clothes on their backs. Not only that, many states do not even bother to clear their criminal records, which makes it hard to get jobs and such.
I saw this film at the Nuart in LA, where it will show until Thursday, Jan 19. One of the innocent guys let out of prison was there for some Q&A. He seemed quite normal for a guy who lost 20 years or so of his life because of someone else's mistake. I'd be right pissed if it were me.
If you ever serve on a jury, please make sure you get it right!
Karl
6:47 AM
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