On one hand, there was her side, stating that she and her office are “still looking at witness testimony and going back and looking at cases. We are working on a case-by-case basis.” “But the vast majority of the cases are over 20 years old.” So, is the age of the cases the defining factor why they should be ignored? The contrary seems more logical- the very fact that they are over 20 years old, they have not been reviewed properly and no one has been punished for the alleged torture incidents, grants them priority. They are not “just cases,” there are people who might be innocent and wasting away in prison.
I’m not a judge and don’t know all the specifities of all the Burge torture cases, so it would be extremely bias of me to just say “they are all innocent, let them go” and side with some of the protesters. But the point here is not about innocence, it is about the methods confessions were obtained and the right of those inmates to have a “fair and just” trial.
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