DNA Evidence Frees Man After 15 Years

New York Times article detailing the conviction of a 17 year old and confining him to prison for 15 years to life. The interesting thing about this case is that DNA evidence had never pointed to Mr. Deskovic, he allegedly was coerced into confessing to the crimes, and he pleaded not guilty from the beginning. It's tragic that the man lost some very important and formative years behind bars, and 15 years, that's just about half of his life in prison. It's a good thing to be released, but an even more important issue for this not to happen. Hopefully with the more sophisticated DNA testing presently, this would be MUCH less likely to happen.