Published Review on After Innocence


The name of the published review I read was “Highlighting a Tragic Chink in the Criminal Justice System”. It was published by Stephen Holden on October 21, 2005. I noticed a few similarities between his review and my reflection, one was the issue of capital punishment throughout the film. The review mentions that there is a problem with capital punishment because people who are on death row are being found innocent of the crimes they were on death row for. I also agree that there is a problem with capital punishment. Another similarity is we were puzzled about Dedge’s story because he was proven innocent three years before he was released and how unjust this was. We both believed his story is so important because he was proven innocent 3 years before he was released from prison using DNA evidence. He was not released for 3 years because his DNA evidence was taken five years before the law provided for testing. It took 3 years for them to finally release him for a crime he did not commit. The last similarity we had was the question of compensation after wrongful imprisonment. All seven men in the documentary didn't get anything in return for being wrongfully convicted. The exonerated have little guidance or support after they are released from prison. We both felt that this was wrong and that they should have had help getting their life back together. This published review had many similarities to my reflection but not any differences. 

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