The public quite naturally wants to feel safe
Whenever it is proven that an innocent person was wrongfully convicted, which occurs way more frequently than any of us would like to admit, we are quick to pin the blame on some evil authority figure. According to Mark Godsey, a former prosecutor now heading the Ohio Innocence Project, there is no such sinister antagonist, only humans behaving as humans. In his new book Blind Injustice, Godsey not only explains how and wrongful convictions occur, but also provides some relatively simple, inexpensive ways to greatly reduce these tragic cases. Because he served many years as a prosecutor in New York, Godsey has been able to empathize with the courts while to also sympathize with the victims of wrongful imprisonment. Most people upon hearing about someone like Ricky Jackson, who served nearly forty years in a prison in Ohio for a crime he did not commit, feel regret for a few seconds without ever thinking such a travesty could someday affect them, too. However, over two thousands co...
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