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发帖数: 9489 | 1 因为以前在change.org签过华人反歧视请愿的东西，所以邮箱经常收到网站推送的一些
新的请愿。平常我都不怎么看的，因为多数比较无聊，但这个看起来有料。
我给个摘要：1995年，这个女的被强奸了，她认为是A男干的，并在法庭上作证指认了
这个人，然后A被判入狱十一年，后来刑满释放。但后来的DNA检测却表明A是被冤枉的
，真正的强奸犯是B男。然后这个女的很内疚，发了这个请愿请大家签名，推广DNA检测
在司法上的应用。
具体细节，大家自己看吧。
In 1995, I found myself on a journey I would never wish on another human
being. I learned that the man whom I had identified in court as my rapist
and was sent to prison – the man whose face, breath and evilness I had
dreamt about for 11 years – was innocent.
Through post-conviction DNA testing, Ronald Cotton, the man I had hated and
prayed for to die, walked out of prison an innocent man. The man who I
believed stole everything from me had unfairly lost 4000 days, eleven
Christmases, eleven birthdays, and relationships with loved ones.
The DNA tests also found the man who had actually raped me, Bobby Poole.
Without the DNA testing an innocent man would still be in prison and a
guilty man would be free. Now, the future of the law that allows for this
type of DNA testing is uncertain – Congress must reauthorize it by passing
the Justice for All Act.
I started a petition asking Congress to protect victims and the innocent by
reauthorizing the Justice for All Act, which allows for post-conviction DNA
testing. Click here to sign it.
I had identified Ronald out of a lineup using a police sketch that was based
on my own description of the assailant. I was 100% certain I had chosen the
right guy – but that’s just how fragile memory can be. And it’s why we
need post-conviction DNA testing.
Bobby Poole, the man who really raped me, went on to rape five other women.
In prison, he bragged about how Ronald was serving time for his crime. It
wasn’t until Ronald heard about post-conviction DNA testing that he called
his lawyers and urged them to get the DNA in his case tested. After Ronald
was freed, I spoke with Poole’s last victim. She told me what happened to
her and it pained me to know that it could have prevented if Ronald had not
been locked up for something he had never done.
The Justice for All Act, which is up for reauthorization by Congress, allows
men like Ronald to obtain post-conviction DNA testing that can lead to
their freedom and to the conviction of the guilty. Without access to such
testing, innocent men and women will remain in prison, real perpetrators
will remain free, and new victims will have to experience the same horrors
and indignities that I did.
Please sign my petition asking Congress to reauthorize the Justice for All
Act, which allows for post-conviction DNA testing. Click here to sign it.
Jennifer Thompson |
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