The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction

1508.895 - 1533.222 Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Yeah, but here's the thing. Without DNA or some other kind of major mind-blowing evidence, appellate courts almost never, never contradict jury verdicts. They always affirm them. because they don't want to second-guess a jury. They're like, well, you know what? We weren't there to assess the evidence or the witnesses, so we are just going to affirm this jury verdict.