Harvard study: Prosecutor misconduct taints justice in Southern California

The gavels had fallen, the cases appeared closed:
Marsha Kay Esswein was found guilty of stabbing to death her 82-year-old husband in Riverside County.
Christopher James Lloyd was convicted in Orange County of knifing a man in a hotel room.
Roshawn Anthony Charles was found guilty in Los Angeles County of aggravated assault by a gang member.
Jonis Centeno was convicted in San Bernardino County of committing lewd acts on a 7-year-old child.
Except, it turned out, they weren’t closed at all.