Perspective
Oct. 9, 2012
Bringing the DA's office into the 21st century
The Los Angeles district attorney's office did not ignore the cry for freedom from a condemned inmate; as a result, convicted murderer John Edward Smith is a free man. By Dan Simon of the Gould School of Law at USC
To its credit, the Los Angeles district attorney's office did not ignore the cry for freedom from a condemned inmate. As a result, convicted murderer John Edward Smith is a free man after a DA investigation learned that the sole prosecution witness had falsely identified Smith as the perpetrator in a 1993 drive-by shooting. The accuser now claims that he pointed the finger at Smith only after being misled and pressured by Los Angeles police detec...
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