Lara Bazelon discusses her recent cover record for Slate,“The Innocence Deniers,” which looks at the role of prosecutors in wrongful conviction cases. While some prosecutors examine judges to dismiss cases that fill proven to be faulty, and Bazelon argues that “there is a class of prosecutors that might fairly be called innocence deniers.” These prosecutors will relitigate a case,sometimes filing appeals or even seeking “no contest” pleas from wrongfully convicted prisoners. “These Faustian bargains” stem from a prosecutors reluctance to admit they were wrong and not only impede the pursuit of justice, but can actively prevent it.
Source: thetakeaway.org