Man convicted in Colorado freed by DNA evidence

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2. A very important decision

Do we, as a society, wish to place a low burden on prosecutors or a high burden? The result of placing a low burden is high conviction rate of those accused of a crime, and a high probability of putting innocent people in prison or worse. Placing a high burden on prosecutors results in a lower conviction rate, some crimes going unpunished, less innocent people punished for crimes they didn't commit, and some guilty going free.

These are questions we must answer as a society, then live with the results. Personally, I would rather some guilty go free than to make the burden lower and punishing innocent people. Imagine the horror of being sentenced to prison when innocent as Mr. Dewey was in this case.

What if Mr. Dewey was defending himself from physical harm back in 1994? He actually did kill someone, but the motive of the killing was fear of death or severe bodily harm...Would imprisonment of Mr. Dewey be any less unjust?