A shock to the system (and justice for all)

While Katrina was dominating the headlines all over the world, another scandal has occupied the Dutch media: the story of an innocent man (31) that was convicted to 18 years imprisonment for the murder of a 10 year old girl. A murder that he did not commit. A fact wellknow by the district attorney and the NFI (national forensic institute, the Dutch equivalent to CSI). Still, they put him in prison. More disturbing: there is evidence that this happens more often than we all think. As it turns out the DA knew all along that the person he was going […]