Drawing IRE
A journalism award noted the following:
Reporter Brad Heath discovered dozens of men locked up on gun possession charges even though a federal appeals court had concluded they had done no federal crime. Using tips from lawyers, inmates and families, and sifting through thousands of pages of court documents, Heath showed the Justice Department knew the prisoners were innocent of the charges, but made no effort to identify or alert people whose convictions should have been invalidated. Many of the prisoners didn’t realize they were innocent until USA TODAY contacted them. He also found prosecutors were persuading courts to keep sex offenders in prison past the expiration of their sentences based on questionable psychological assessments. Heath’s dogged reporting exposed shortcomings in the criminal justice system and resulted in the release of at least 32 federal prisoners and the end of supervised release for 12 others. IRE commends Heath for digging for the truth to correct an unbelievable breakdown in the justice system.
Here’s a link to the story which does not contain much info. Anyone got more?
April 10th, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Remember, nobody wants to take your guns away or lock you up or…
April 11th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
The sad thing is that when government is involved in criminal activity, no one goes to jail or is even prosecuted. If we want our country back, then this has to change.