And this woman is going to be a Supreme Court Justice?

Sotomayor Let Wrongly Convicted Man Languish in Prison

One person who is not so thrilled about the prospective elevation of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court is a man named Jeffrey Deskovic. Mr. Deskovic spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit — the last six years, Deskovic claims, being a direct result of the actions (or, rather, the inaction) of Judge Sotomayor. Surprisingly, he chose to tell his story last night to, of all people, Amy Goodman, the far-left host of Democracy Now!

Deskovic says he was falsely charged and convicted of rape and murder at the age of sixteen and was sentenced to life in prison. A number of years later, after DNA tests showed that semen found in the victim did not match his own, he appealed his conviction to Judge Sotomayor and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the strong evidence that seemed to exonerate him, Sotomayor let the conviction stand. According to Deskovic, this was mainly the result of two factors: pressure from a District Attorney with political aspirations, and the fact that Deskovic filed his appeal four days late.

The statement from Sotomayor is especially telling!

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