As exonerations become more commonplace and organizations whose sole purpose is to collaterally attack wrongful convictions proliferate, there continues to be a mechanism in the law in most states that permits an individual who claims innocence to nevertheless plead guilty and go to prison.
The criminal justice system’s longstanding staples eyewitness identification, fingerprints, fiber samples, tool markings are fallible. With wrongful convictions splashed across the front page of newspapers across the country, why in the interest of efficiency does the system add to the potential number of innocent men and women locked away?
