Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Due process film.

1.) Luis Kevin Rojas was arrested and convicted of murder at 17.
2.) He was mistakenly identified as the murderer because of the colour of his jacket.
3.) There was no DNA exoneration.
4.) Eye witness testimony is not always correct and viable.
5.) Mother and daughter Priscilla and Leslie Chenowith worked to free Rojas from prison.
6.) They succeeded although they were inexperienced lawyers.
7.) Lenny Farinola, a teacher of Rojas', joined in the fight to free him.
8.) Barry Scheck's "Innocence Project" got involved.
9.) Rojas was exonerated and released after 4.5 years in prison.
10.) The law system in the US cannot always be trusted.

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