Falsely Accused

I watched a show on T.V. partly about a man who spent years in prison for a crime he never committed.  He finally was released thanks to DNA evidence that is available now.  It got me thinking how awful it is to be accused of something you never did and then having no way of proving your innocence.  I know most prisoners claim innocence but there have to be a few who really are and who are forced to unfairly waste away their lives behind bars.

Things are not always as they seem.  It's very easy to take one tiny bit of "evidence" and blow it up totally out of proportion and that mistake could mean someone loses their life or their years.  We all hate the slowness that justice often takes but we have to admit that the police investigators do their best to gather all of it before arresting a subject.  Human error will always mean that sometimes it's an innocent person who pays the heavy price, though.

The ability to determine a criminal's DNA has given police an excellent tool to use in solving crime but we need much more.  I see a future where memories will be extracted from a suspected criminal's mind and he/she will not be able to escape justice simply because of lack of physical evidence.  Brave new world.  Scary new world.  Will it be better or worse than the violent one we live in right now?  Only time will tell.