A fingerprint analyst's error put an innocent man in prison. Detectives discover that this may not have been the only error she has made in favor of prosecutors.A fingerprint analyst's error put an innocent man in prison. Detectives discover that this may not have been the only error she has made in favor of prosecutors.A fingerprint analyst's error put an innocent man in prison. Detectives discover that this may not have been the only error she has made in favor of prosecutors.
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- Brenda Warren
- (as Stacey Leigh Ivey)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on the Joyce Gilchrist case. Gilchrist was an Oklahoma City forensic chemist who was found to have falsified forensic evidence in order to help prosecutors obtain convictions. Dozens of innocent men and women were sent to prison. The falsified evidence led to the execution of at least one man who was later fully exonerated. Her work led in part to 23 people being sentenced to death, 12 of whom have been executed.
- GoofsWhen evidence of a convict's innocence surfaces after 12 years, McCoy orders his assistant to "start the paperwork" to get him released. In fact, proof of innocence is not sufficient to overturn a conviction once sentence has been handed down and upheld on appeal. The prosecutor's office has no standing to order or even request a convicted prisoner's release.
- Quotes
Ed Green: Look, Mr. Campbell - the warden says that you've been proclaiming your innocence since you set foot in here.
Bobby Campbell: Doesn't seem to have done me much good, does it?
Ed Green: Well, who knows? Maybe today's your lucky day.
Bobby Campbell: I been up here for twelve years for a crime I didn't commit. The guy who was sent here with me already died in this place. If my lucky day includes two detectives accusing me of another murder, I think I'll pass.
- ConnectionsReferences The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
Anita Van Buren feels herself guilty of a mistake she made in the past. Briscoe supports her telling she put always the right perp behind bars and once in the lifetime everyone could get wrong: I think she really wanted to resign before talking to him, great Lenny!
- Mrpalli77
- Nov 12, 2017