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Skunk · 08-05-2003, 08:54 AM

Probably more frequently than you realise. More recently in the UK news there have been a couple of high-profile cases:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3115405.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2988208.stm

and if it really is true that:
a "report from the U.S. Dept. of Justice... {indicates] that retrospective DNA testing in the USA has shown that 1/3 of men who have been through the entire justice system of arrest, trial and incarceration are innocent."
http://www.ukmm.org.uk/camp/rapealleg.htm

Then the number of innocent men whose lives and careers have been damaged as a result of false allegations and mis-handled investigations is staggering!

[ 08-05-2003, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: Skunk ]

08-05-2003, 08:54 AM	#4
Skunk Banned User Join Date: September 3, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 63 Posts: 1,463	Probably more frequently than you realise. More recently in the UK news there have been a couple of high-profile cases: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3115405.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2988208.stm and if it really is true that: a "report from the U.S. Dept. of Justice... {indicates] that retrospective DNA testing in the USA has shown that 1/3 of men who have been through the entire justice system of arrest, trial and incarceration are innocent." http://www.ukmm.org.uk/camp/rapealleg.htm Then the number of innocent men whose lives and careers have been damaged as a result of false allegations and mis-handled investigations is staggering! [ 08-05-2003, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: Skunk ]