Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Innocent after all these years? Well, time to lawyer up

If you were falsely convicted of a crime and convicted and the indignation of false imprisonment, having years of year life taken away, losing your family, your job, and everything else wasn't enough, now you have to worry about the prosecutors and investigators who put you in prison suing you for libel and slander.

Dennis Fritz and his daughter

No, seriously. An Oklahoma prosecutor and former DA investigator have sued both author John Grisham and Dennis Fritz, one of the men recently exonerated for the 1982 murder of Debbie Sue Carter. The parties claim that the defendants engaged in a civil conspiracy "to commit libel, publicity placing a person in false light and intentional infliction of emotion distress."

You know, you put someone in prison for 11 years based on shoddy work and I think you waive any right to complain about the names they call you when they get out. Pussies.

1 comments:

Barbara's Journey Toward Justice said...

Great post. I just do not believe it. Oh well, DA Bill Peterson is retiring Jan.2008, his career will end or did it end.