DNA evidence overturns 30-year convictions in US case

[Parkdrive]

If Black America had little faith or trust in the US police and judicial system before this, I wonder what this has done to that lack of faith/trust

[adonirum]

Agree, PD, and one of them on death row awaiting execution as well.

[Huguenot]

Well the convictions were 30 years ago, so they can only really reflect the US police and judicial system of the early eighties.

Whereas the overturning of these convictions is present day - so that is a positive reflection of the judicial system now.

But you're right in the sense that large sections of society may be too daft to recognize that rather obvious point.

Without labouring it, this was North Carolina, so expectations would have been quite low to start with.