We have commented before on false prosecutions of blameless persons. At last, a prosecutor who suppressed evidence is being sanctioned.

The prosecutions and the incarcerations of actually innocent persons should be of significant concern to everyone, and particularly to lawyers and judges who are in a position to do something about it. When an innocent person is wrongfully convicted, the perpetrator remains free and a person who did not violate the law loses freedom and suffers the extreme degradation of confinement.

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