Being accused and punished for an act you never commited, let alone a crime, is the pinacle of injustice. Mistakes like this in the legal system fall squarely on the shoulders of the District Attorney who went forward with the decision to take the case to court with insufficient evidence and even obtaining false confessions.
We have to remember that the job of the District Attorney is not to rack up as many convictions as possible, but to bring justice swiftly to the wrongdoers and keep wrongful convictions out of our justice system.
The importance of this issue in El Paso County has been noticed by Jason Flom and Jeffrey Deskovic. With their endorsement, they have put their trust and confidence in me to make wrongful convictions something we only remember happening in our past.
Jason Flom is an advocate for those who have been wrongfully convicted. He is the founding board member of the Innocence Project where Flom launched and hosts the podcast Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom.
Jeffrey Deskovic was wrongfully convicted of a brutal rape and murder, which resulted in him spending sixteen year in prison from the age seventeen to thirty three. You can find out more about Jeffrey Deskovic and the work he is doing to bring about awareness of wrongful convictions on his website JefferyDeskovic.com.
Elect me, Yvonne Rosales, as your next District Attorney and let's create a justice system that we don't have to be afraid of, but that we can all be proud to be a part of.