Facts/Details:
1. Kevin was convicted and charged in 1991.
2. Kevin Rojas was put in jail because the police thought he was the killer because of his orange jacket.
3. Kevin Rojas spent four and a half years in jail, until he was released and found innocent.
4. DNA can make all the difference if you are guilty or not.
5. Eyewitnesses falsely accused Kevin of being the murderer.
6. Lesley Risinger and her mother decided to help Kevin get out of jail before ever seeing or ever meeting him.
7. A teacher named Lenny Farinola tried vouching for Kevin saying it was impossible for him to do something like that and decided to join the defence team.
8. They had to grind through details to help release Kevin, there was no DNA evidence to turn on.
9. Only 5% of criminal cases, at best, have biological evidence.
10. Lesley now leads the The Last Resort Exoneration Project.
Questions:
1. Are eyewitnesses enough to put someone in jail?
2. Has our system mended its ways since the Kevin Rojas ordeal?
3. How many innocent people are still in jail today?
4. Do they ever catch the real criminal?
5. Do the people who are innocent and released, get any sort of sorry or pay back for the lost time they spent in jail?
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