An SERIOUS indictment of our system of justice.

A serious indictment of our system of justice has DNA finding, and EXONERATING, many WRONGFULLY convicted persons. According to the Innocence Project, of the 200 people whose convictions have been overturned as a result of DNA evidence since 1989, 60 percent have been black or Latino. Of those exonerated after a rape conviction, 85 percent were black men accused of assaulting a white woman.

In contrast, black men are accused in 33.6 percent of rapes or sexual assaults of white women. See, 2005 Bureau of Justice Statistics study of victims.

"What it says to me is that, ultimately, if you are a black man charged with sexually assaulting a white woman, the likelihood that you will be convicted, even if you are stone-cold innocent, is much, much higher," said Peter J. Neufeld, a co-director of the Innocence Project who asserted that the 200 exonerations that DNA have set free "are the tip of the iceberg."

So sad that our society still treats people WRONGFULLY for the "crimes" of having the "wrong" skin color.