Proving Innocence
In the Shadows of Mistaken Identity:
The Plight of the Wrongfully Convicted and the Uphill Battle for Freedom
Over the years a number of men have been wrongly convicted of rape. Only with DNA testing were they proven innocent. So what does an innocent man say when he sees the parole board? He might say, “I’m telling you the honest God fearing truth, I didn’t rape that woman. I don’t know that woman.” Yet the parole board may see him as a dirty, filthy, lying, rapist worthy of doing the maximum time they can make him do, when in reality, he was arrested and prosecuted based off mistaken identity. He happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the officer that arrested him thought it was the right person, when it wasn’t. So if you’re innocent, how would you defend yourself? How? Think about this. The guilty can acknowledge their guilt, say how sorry they are and be in a better position to get a parole than the innocent person.
So how does Mike defend himself against a fabricated lie?