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Ronald Cotton, who spent eleven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, was supposed to live in an average life. How an innocent man was put into prison? Where is the justice that we often talk about? Whenever I read the book Picking Cotton, I feel my heart beating very strongly for what Ronald suffered. However, Ronald’s case is not isolated. There are a lot of wrongfully convicted cases happening in the United States. In other words, there are a lot of innocent men who are sent to prison for something they have never done; in addition, some of them has served more than 20 years in prison. After I finished reading the book Picking Cotton, I was inspired by it. I believe that eyewitness testimony can be totally unreliable “evidence” and victims of wrongfully convicted cases deserve fair compensation.
First, eyewitness testimony can be totally unreliable. Recently, I just saw Ronald Cotton on my campus lately, and he looks a …show more content…
MORE ON THIS I really feel awful about what happened on Ronald Cotton, because he was wrongfully convicted of first-degree burglary, rape and sexual offense (Jennifer, Ronald, Erin 78). However, Ronald Cotton’s case is not independent.
Last month, Cassuto Dana reported that a man whose name is David McCallum was wrongfully convicted of murder and freed after 28 years in prison in Brooklyn, New York. 28 years ago, the computer had not progressed much and a gallon of gas was 89 cents, but at that time, a 16-year-old young men , David McCallum was sent to jail for a kidnapping and murder he did not commit; Also, at the same time, a guy called Willie Stuckey was found guilty of the same crimes as McCallum; he was innocent, too (King5News, 2014). Unfortunately, Stuckey died in prison in 2001. Furthermore, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, who determined McCallum
Ronald Cotton, who spent eleven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, was supposed to live in an average life. How an innocent man was put into prison? Where is the justice that we often talk about? Whenever I read the book Picking Cotton, I feel my heart beating very strongly for what Ronald suffered. However, Ronald’s case is not isolated. There are a lot of wrongfully convicted cases happening in the United States. In other words, there are a lot of innocent men who are sent to prison for something they have never done; in addition, some of them has served more than 20 years in prison. After I finished reading the book Picking Cotton, I was inspired by it. I believe that eyewitness testimony can be totally unreliable “evidence” and victims of wrongfully convicted cases deserve fair compensation.
First, eyewitness testimony can be totally unreliable. Recently, I just saw Ronald Cotton on my campus lately, and he looks a …show more content…
MORE ON THIS I really feel awful about what happened on Ronald Cotton, because he was wrongfully convicted of first-degree burglary, rape and sexual offense (Jennifer, Ronald, Erin 78). However, Ronald Cotton’s case is not independent.
Last month, Cassuto Dana reported that a man whose name is David McCallum was wrongfully convicted of murder and freed after 28 years in prison in Brooklyn, New York. 28 years ago, the computer had not progressed much and a gallon of gas was 89 cents, but at that time, a 16-year-old young men , David McCallum was sent to jail for a kidnapping and murder he did not commit; Also, at the same time, a guy called Willie Stuckey was found guilty of the same crimes as McCallum; he was innocent, too (King5News, 2014). Unfortunately, Stuckey died in prison in 2001. Furthermore, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, who determined McCallum