Harmful Error - The Center for Public Integrity

Harmful Error - The Center for Public Integrity: "In January 1999, the Chicago Tribune published a five-part series of articles that found, in the paper's own words, 'nearly 400 cases where prosecutors obtained homicide convictions by committing the most unforgivable kinds of deception. They hid evidence that could have set defendants free. They allowed witnesses to lie. All in defiance of the law. Prosecutors swear to seek the truth but instead many pursue convictions at any cost. The premium is on winning, not justice."