Commentary: Prosecutors righting old wrongs: Sim Gill’s bold experiment

Our criminal justice system is flawed.Since 1989, DNA testing has exonerated more than 360 people who were convicted of crimes but later proven innocent through the magic bullet of science. Nearly 2,000 other wrongful convictions have also been overturned without the benefit of DNA technology during that period.A close look at these cases reveals what went wrong in the first place and informs efforts to prevent future miscarriages of justice. The key factors in documented wrongful convictions in