The Prosecution Defends

Russell Maze has been in prison for nearly 25 years since being convicted of killing his baby. But a lot of people are now convinced that he wasn’t responsible and that the conviction was based on bad and/or outdated science. Among those convinced he’s innocent are people in the prosecutor’s office that convicted him. Yet, that might not matter. A remarkable story well reported from ProPublica and NYT Mag: The DA’s Office Says He’s Innocent, but That Might Not Be Enough. “Bewildered, Eaton tried to grasp what she had just read: The judge was penalizing them because everyone — the state, the defense, the witnesses — agreed that the Mazes committed no crime.”