In practical senses, it's the DA's job to protect the innocent. It is not the DA's job to prosecute every case and get a conviction.. sadly this thought has disappeared from many DA's minds.. ala Mike Nifong and Nancy Grace.
I'm sure that the fact that many of the 17 that have been released so far being black is mostly statistical, considering the number of black vs white inmates. Don't forget that this is also being spearheaded by Project Innocence. I'm sure they don't just go for black inmates over white inmates. NC has had two or three white inmates released in the past year.
I caught part of the show and I'm all for getting the innocent out of jail, however, I wonder if too much time is being spent on the DA's office on this aspect rather than getting the crime rate down in his city which is one of the highest in the nation. Perhaps he should set up a seperate division to handle this and let PI run it and he can just do a review when it's deemed necessary.
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