I don't know anything about this case or whether what is represented is fact or fiction. However, what you're describing aren't "mistakes." An "intentional mistake" is not a mistake, it's a deliberate act and in the context of obtaining a conviction it is a criminal act.VMI77 wrote:philip964 wrote:Once freed the man returns home and files a lawsuit against the County for 35 million for the apparent intentional mistakes the police and the DA made.
That said, I am very skeptical of the motivation of those behind documentaries like this. There is some new doc out, ostensibly about Anthony Wiener, but apparently it's really a propaganda piece intended to promote the political aspirations of his wife. Not mentioned in the usual coverage is who financed it: George Soros.
Most filmmakers are leftists. As others have commented, docs like this have a tendency to exaggerate "innocence" and elide any information that undermines a perception of "innocence." Often those who may be wrongly convicted got the attention of police to start with because they have a history of either being arrested for or committing similar crimes.
I'm not endorsing wrongful convictions by any means, even of those guilty of other crimes. Those who abuse their authority by fabricating evidence or withholding exculpatory evidence in order to obtain a conviction are also criminals and should go to prison with their brethren. OTOH, I'm also not going to lose any sleep hearing that someone who has committed crimes equally as bad or worse for which they were never caught or convicted, went to prison for one he didn't actually commit.