Due Process

1. 1.  Only 5% of cases have dna evidence.
2. 2. Witness testimonies can be skewed and unreliable.
3. 3.  Texas has the most executions.
4. 4.  Quincy Spruell served 24 years in prison even though he was not guilty.
5. 5. Kevin Rojas was convicted and charged in 1991
6. 6.  A person can spend 25 years on death row.
8. 7. There are 55 innocence projects in the United States.
9. 8. Jim McCloskey has freed 44 people in the past 40 years.
10. 9. Cases are often worked on for 10-15 years
12. 10. One estimate on the amount of innocent people was about 2 or 3% of those in prisons.
13. Questions:
14. 1. Why might an eyewitness be deemed unreliable?
15. 2. With such a high level of court systems, how can someone be wrongfully accused?
16. 3. Why does it take so long for someone to be executed after a sentence?
17. 4. Why do court cases take so long?
18. 5. What determines a persons sentence?