Supreme Court rules innocence doesn't really matter!!!
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones, closed the federal courthouse doors to evidence of ineffective assistance of trial counsel — attorney errors that prevented juries from hearing evidence of innocence — that was not first presented to the state courts due to the incompetency of state post-conviction counsel.
In other words, if a defendant doesn't present a claim of innocence in post-conviction appeals proceedings it will be waived forever leaving some innocent people locked in prison for crimes they did not commit. Where is the justice in that!!!
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