It is always tragic when an innocent person goes to prison as our speaker on February 27th, Richard Miles, did for 15 years before being released. Frequently it is a DNA test which conclusively shows that a convicted person was the victim of an erroneous identification by an eye witness.
It is always tragic when an innocent person goes to prison as our speaker on February 27th, Richard Miles, did for 15 years before being released. Frequently it is a DNA test which conclusively shows that a convicted person was the victim of an erroneous identification by an eye witness. In Miles's case it was egregious misconduct by the prosecutor which caused him to be found guilty by a jury. While such misconduct is not always the case the United States Supreme Court has issued four opinions involving the conduct of criminal cases in Dallas County.
In Miles's case it was the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (our State's highest criminal court) that issued the opinion which resulted in his being released from prison. Not surprisingly he harbors a certain amount of resentment from his ordeal but a positive result from his prison experience is "Miles of Freedom" which is a program that assists those being released back into the community with both readjustment and in helping them to find jobs. Society also benefits by a reduction in recidivism.
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