Speaking of perversions of justice, John Thompson tells the story of his time on death row and subsequent exoneration. America’s presumption of innocence is based around William Blackstone’s idea that it is “better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer”. When that fails, someone must be held accountable. In Thompson’s case, that isn’t happening.

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