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Why Was Calvin Johnson Convicted

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There is a certain case that helps explain what my understanding of facts are. In the year of 1983, Calvin Johnson was accused, tried, and sentenced to prison for the rape of a young lady. Clothes that the culprit wore were found at Johnson’s place and both Johnson and the culprit shared the same blood marker group. Most importantly, the lady was given an array of photographs containing potential culprits and Johnson was identified as the man who violated her. According to all of the “facts,” Johnson was clearly the criminal. A full sixteen years later, with the power of DNA testing, Johnson was found falsely accused and was released. So what was wrong with the facts that proved Johnson guilty? The thing was, none of those were facts. A fact

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