They Could Be Twins

Credit: Jhong Dizon | Photography / photo on flickr

Jamario Wilson spent six months in a Harris County, Texas, jail for a home invasion robbery after the victim identified him in a lineup. His first attorney kept pushing him to take a plea deal that would send him to prison for 25 years. He got a new attorney, who was apparently the first person to notice that a cellphone photo of the actual robber showed he had tattoos and Wilson didn't. After this was pointed out to them, prosecutors dropped the charges against Wilson.

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[Radioactive]

better call saul?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The DA's office said prosecutors did everything by the book and took steps to dismiss the case after the discrepancies were brought to their attention.

A spokesman for the sheriff's office said detectives conducted a proper investigation and arrested Jamario because the victim had pointed him out in the photo lineup.

I'm sure all of this is true, and will still be true the next time they fuck up someone's life because they're lazy, incompetent and unaccountable.

[SimonJester]

What, no "They all look alike" line?

[sarcasmic]

I assume the first attorney was a public pretender, and the second was one he paid for.

[CPRM]

1. If there was a photo of the robber, why did they need a line-up?

2. There are such things as temporary tattoos.

[Radioactive]

how about temporary intelligence?

[Ornithorhynchus]

It could be that the photo didn't show his face clearly.