For law students, a cautionary tale
Accused, attorneys share story of wrongful conviction – November 20, 2015
Carrying scales and wearing a blindfold, the image of justice has long symbolized judgment delivered without bias or prejudice.
That was not the case for Victor Rosario.
“The blindfold meant something different for me: that sometimes justice closes her eyes to the truth,” said Rosario, who served 32 years in prison for a crime he said he didn’t commit.
Now 58 years old, Rosario was 24 when he was charged with homicide by arson in a Lowell fire that killed three adults and five children. The charges stuck. Throughout his years in prison he maintained his innocence, but it wasn’t until his team of attorneys found evidence to force a new trial that his verdict was overturned, last year, and he was released on bail.
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