Wrongful prosecution
Wrongful prosecution also known as malicious prosecution, which is a suit pursued without probable causes. The act of accusing a person with the intent of punishing them without having proper justification of the claim. This was very prevalent in the 90’s due to the lack of technology but also the presence of racism also played a role. An example of this given in the book “Just Mercy” opens with a case where Walter McMillian was falsely accused of the murder of a white woman that worked as a clerk. He obviously didn’t commit the crime and was convicted under no real evidence. There were many alibi witnesses of where he was but it was all denied and he ended up life without parole and was sentenced to death. But in the end Walter was proven innocent and was released but by…show more content… These wrongful prosecutions took a turn for the better when D.N.A. technology was introduced. A study by the national institute of justice study shows that more than 25% of suspects were taken of the watch list when D.N.A. testing was conducted. Nowadays people who are wrongfully prosecuted can luckily it find it easier to be cleared in that they have implemented better ways where people cannot abuse the legal system. Unfortunately, in the book “Picking Cotton” show another real-life example of how easy a person could be wrongly convicted. In the book a young woman by the name of Jennifer Thompson had been a victim of rape. At the time of the crime she tried to ingrain the image of the assailant and she thought that she did. So, when she had escaped she went to the police and reported the attack. They had showed her a multitude of suspects and she had picked out the picture of a guy named Ronald Cotton. Cotton was notified of the charges and went straight to the police station to clear his name but had ended up getting arrested and was found guilty. While serving his time in prison he had met an inmate accused of a similar crime that so happens to look
