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Last Updated on Monday, 31 March 2008 06:13 Written by rslcpol Monday, 31 March 2008 11:21
Probably not politically correct, but right down the line just the same. Expect criminal rights advocates to weigh in against the AG on this one.
But Attorney General Mike Cox sees drawbacks to the bill. He said it could force the state to pay out large sums of money even though the wrongful convictions were the fault of other agencies or departments. Most people are sent to prison through charges pursued by local prosecutors in county courts.”That’s not fair and makes no sense,” Cox spokesman Rusty Hills said in a written statement. “State taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to pay for someone else’s mistake. I understand that wrongful conviction is a terrible miscarriage of justice, but two wrongs don’t make a right.”